Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management

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Programme

Final Programme 

Session 1: People and Wildlife: Health and Security

• People and wildlife: health and security, Catherine Machalaba, EcoHealth Alliance 
• Human wildlife interaction: the challenge of co-existence and health, Marthin K. Kasaona, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia 
• Slow Food, Raja Sharma Rymbai, Indigenous Terra Madre Network 
• Health, wildlife trade, and security: Liberia, Jim Desmond, EcoHealth Alliance 

Session II - Sharing Wild Meat: Resolving Conflicts between Subsistence and Commercial Uses

• What is wiild meat, Prof. John E. Fa, CIFOR/Manchester Metropolitan University 
• The biodiversity for life, Philippe Mayaux, European Commission, DEVCO 
• Wild meat consumption and motivations in Asia, Sarah B. Ferguson, TRAFFIC Viet Nam 
• Sustainable wild meat harvests in North America, Shane Mahoney, IUCN/Conservation Visions 

Session III - From Sites in Africa to Shelves in Asia: Solutions to Unsustainable Wildlife Use and Illegal Trade

• Sustaining socio-ecological systems in Namibia, Bennett Kahuure, Directorate of Wildlife and National Parks 
• Learning from experience: an online resource on communities and IWT, Phil Franks, IIED 
• CITES: promoting sustainability, legality and traceability in wildlife trade, David Morgan, CITES Secretariat 
• Advancing legal, sustainable trade in wildlife: the case for Africa-China Partnership, Taye Teferi, TRAFFIC 
• Conserving Africa’s wild fauna and flora, Leah Wanambwa-Naess, African Union Commission 

Session IV - Wildlife and People in 2050: A Vision for Sustainable Wildlife Management

• IPBES Global Assessment: sustainable use of wild species, John Donaldson, South African National Biodiversity Institute 
• Human wildlife interactions, Shonisani Munzhedzi, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa 
• Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Oliver Hillel, CBD Secretariat