Posts Tagged ‘south africa’
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Notes from the Field: Sheep Tagging in South Africa
Although the people of South Africa's Namaqualand region have raised domestic herds for millennia, herding has recently become a more difficult livelihood. Overgrazing has led to significant land degradation, a problem which will only get worse if the effects of climate change – such as increased temperatures and more frequent drought – come to pass. Thanks to Conservation International's Conservation Stewards Programme, CI-South Africa's new Biodiversity and Red Meat Initiative (BRMI) is now working with local farmers to reduce herd size and restore degraded territories, prolonging the life of the land in the process. In August, 16 farmers in the ... -
Ecotouring Costa Rica
Tom Friedman has long been a good friend to CI. In his most recent column, he's exploring Costa Rica with CI's Carlos Manuel Rodríguez. Costa Rica is a great success story, and Rodríguez has been one of the country's most ardent proponents of environmental conservation. From Friedman: Rodríguez ... helped to pioneer the idea that in a country like Costa Rica, dependent on tourism and agriculture, the services provided by ecosystems were important drivers of growth and had to be paid for.... Costa Rica took the view that landowners who keep their forests intact and their rivers clean should be paid, because ...
