Podcasts

Beneath the Baobab is a new podcast series about Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM). Produced by one of our partners, JAMMA International, Beneath the Baobab is hosted by wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan. In these cutting-edge conversations about conservation work led by communities around the world, you will hear from indigenous peoples and local communities who are exercising their rights to do innovative work as custodians of resources for generations. The future for wildlife and endangered species can be positive, if we are all prepared to listen. Join Gordon and his guests at Beneath the Baobab for stories of hope as well as brilliant, radical and innovative ideas for solving the problems faced by humans and wildlife.


  • Episode 1

    Supporting Communities to Lead Conservation – Elephants and Ecotourism.

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  • Episode 2

    Living with predators – how lions and people can thrive in a shared landscape.

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  • Episode 3

    Preventing Lion and Elephant Conflict and Supporting Alternative Livelihoods.

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CLN in the Media

Let Africans Decide – An Open Letter to UK Based Celebrities

A group of more than 50 community leaders, representing millions of people across southern Africa, have urged UK-based celebrities to stop using their influence to undermine the human rights of impoverished people and which will jeopardise wildlife conservation in the region. Watch the video.