Comments for African Conservation Foundation https://africanconservation.org/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Comment on NO to oil drilling in Virunga and Upemba, YES to green investment in DRC by ACF https://africanconservation.org/conservation-threats/no-to-oil-drilling-in-virunga-and-upemba-yes-to-green-investment-in-drc/#comment-80 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 09:28:18 +0000 https://africanconservation.org/?p=24168#comment-80 Our point in this article is that any country can develop without oil revenues. Oil is old technology, old power structures, old thinking. Oil revenues don’t contribute to local economies. Let’s build economies based on new, sustainable, regenerative technologies. We don’t have a choice anyway; it is the only way forward for new generations that will have to live with the consequences of climate change caused by previous generations.

]]> Comment on NO to oil drilling in Virunga and Upemba, YES to green investment in DRC by Judith https://africanconservation.org/conservation-threats/no-to-oil-drilling-in-virunga-and-upemba-yes-to-green-investment-in-drc/#comment-79 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 09:08:06 +0000 https://africanconservation.org/?p=24168#comment-79 In reply to Luke.

Is DRC your skapegoat? Being among the richest countries in natural resources BUT you’re classifying it the 7th poorest country in Africa with a suffering population.
No to slavery, keeping the ecosystem of the world for you to prosper without any compensation that can develop DRC.
We must make profit of our oil to develop the country.
IT’S UNFAIR !

]]> Comment on NO to oil drilling in Virunga and Upemba, YES to green investment in DRC by Luke https://africanconservation.org/conservation-threats/no-to-oil-drilling-in-virunga-and-upemba-yes-to-green-investment-in-drc/#comment-78 Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:29:39 +0000 https://africanconservation.org/?p=24168#comment-78 Thank you.We are tired of this MONUSCO

]]> Comment on NO to oil drilling in Virunga and Upemba, YES to green investment in DRC by Clement https://africanconservation.org/conservation-threats/no-to-oil-drilling-in-virunga-and-upemba-yes-to-green-investment-in-drc/#comment-77 Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:47:49 +0000 https://africanconservation.org/?p=24168#comment-77 If you really want to save Virunga, then stop the war! Because at this moment Virunga is home to all the militias in the Eastern region of the Congo.
If you do stop the war then we can all peacefully plant trees and save the world

]]> Comment on Planting Trees Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis by Quentin https://africanconservation.org/habitat-news/planting-trees-will-not-solve-the-climate-crisis/#comment-55 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 05:56:56 +0000 https://africanconservation.org/?p=19356#comment-55 This is not a 1 or the other type of scenario.

Both grass and trees are important, and it’s very visible that we humans have cut down many of the trees that were in the Savannah and in the forest.

We have to restore both the grass lands and the trees for our springs and rivers to return.

]]> Comment on Wild meat consumption significantly increases risk of zoonotic disease and poses major threat to terrestrial species – new UN Report by Muhammad https://africanconservation.org/conservation-threats/wild-meat-consumption-significantly-increases-risk-of-zoonotic-disease-and-poses-major-threat-to-terrestrial-species/#comment-74 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:04:31 +0000 https://africanconservation.org/?p=23722#comment-74 Well said, I hope the relevant governments and conservation societies will implement the given recommendations.

]]> Comment on Growing Livestock Numbers Threaten One of the Last Refuges for Large Wild Herbivores in Kenya by Will Knocker https://africanconservation.org/wildlife-news/growing-livestock-numbers-threaten-one-of-the-last-refuges-for-large-wild-herbivores-in-kenya/#comment-17 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 06:03:14 +0000 https://africanconservation.org/?p=18267#comment-17 Important research showing how large mammal species in Kenya depend on the health of the rangelands, itself dependent on the amount of grazing competition with livestock…

]]> Comment on Growing Livestock Numbers Threaten One of the Last Refuges for Large Wild Herbivores in Kenya by Will Knocker https://africanconservation.org/wildlife-news/growing-livestock-numbers-threaten-one-of-the-last-refuges-for-large-wild-herbivores-in-kenya/#comment-16 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 06:00:45 +0000 https://africanconservation.org/?p=18267#comment-16 Very important research: in the end Biodiversity can only thrive where human impacts (such as livestock grazing) is very well managed.
The health of Kenyan rangelands are key in the conservation of large mammals as pointed out….

]]> Comment on Tusks found in 500-year-old shipwreck reveal origins of ancient elephants and impact of the ivory trade by Zachary methu https://africanconservation.org/wildlife-news/tusks-found-in-500-year-old-shipwreck-reveal-origins-of-ancient-elephants-and-impact-of-the-ivory-trade/#comment-72 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 08:14:40 +0000 https://africanconservation.org/?p=23548#comment-72 I salute all involved in this discovery. It is Soo unfutunate that we are still lo
Losing a lot of this beautiful species ,it is the high time the whole come together and help conserve what ever is remaining.

]]> Comment on Tusks found in 500-year-old shipwreck reveal origins of ancient elephants and impact of the ivory trade by Dr Gregory Pastoll https://africanconservation.org/wildlife-news/tusks-found-in-500-year-old-shipwreck-reveal-origins-of-ancient-elephants-and-impact-of-the-ivory-trade/#comment-71 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 01:14:34 +0000 https://africanconservation.org/?p=23548#comment-71 I think you need to check the assertion that this was the oldest shipwreck found off southern Africa. I was told by a professor of archaeology in Cape Town in the 1980s that the remains of Phoenician ship are to be found in Featherbed Bay in the Knysna lagoon.

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