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La demande de peaux d'ânes pour produire des ejiao a entraîné une pénurie d'ânes en Chine et de plus en plus dans le monde.
The demand for donkey hides to produce ejiao has led to a shortage of donkeys in China and increasingly worldwide.
Countries in southern Africa should start focusing on greater regional interconnectedness and collaboration.
The scenarios provide plausible and possible alternatives for futures of industrialisation. They also alert decision makers to desired and undesired development pathways.
While the international conservation community unites against the captive breeding of big cats in South Africa, the government stalls.
There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year.
La tecnología tiene un papel vital en la recolección de datos precisos sobre la vida salvaje. Pero no es suficiente para salvar a los elefantes de África.
En Afrique du Sud, les lions captifs servent de plus en plus à alimenter le commerce international d’os de félins.
Not enough credit is given to the agency African governments have in their dealings with China.
Botswana has been an unparalleled elephant conservation success story. That seems to be changing.
Captive breeding takes place in South Africa and no other country is permitted to export lion bones.
Improving livelihoods by exploring alternatives to wildlife trade would help to curb the poaching of threatened species like elephants.
The mining industry in South Africa needs an inclusive model that builds on and improves shared value.
Now that President Xi Jinping’s presidential term has been extended indefinitely, African governments need to plan strategically for their future engagements with the Chinese.
A narrow interest in whether Beijing actively pushed for Mugabe’s fall is based on the assumption that the China-Africa relationship is an isolated phenomenon.
The rhino horn auction in South Africa is a serious setback in the fight against poaching and the survival of wild rhinos. The chances of the horns remaining in the country are next to zero.
For the domestic ivory trade ban to be effective at preventing further elephant poaching, Chinese authorities need to signal explicitly that it will be implemented indefinitely.
New technologies are developing with exponential velocity, breadth and depth. Their systemic impact is likely to be profound.
Understanding the connections between basic food demands and accessibility to water and energy is important when it comes to climate change and its impact on agriculture and livelihoods.
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Senior Researcher: China Africa, South African Institute of International Affairs
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Research Fellow at Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University and Head SAIIA Futures Programme, South African Institute of International Affairs
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Researcher, South African Institute of International Affairs