Navigating African Conservation
01/07/23 • 68 min
Catherine Semcer has worked with the Sierra Club and federal land management agencies to reduce climate, ecological, and regulatory risks to their operations. After leaving the Sierra Club, she was part of the executive team of an NGO that provides training, advisory, and assistance services to anti-poaching units in Africa. Now as a research fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana and the African Wildlife Economy Institute at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, she serves on the advisory board of the Game Rangers Association of Africa. Catherine is an expert with the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, and the Chair-Elect of the International Wildlife Management Working Group of The Wildlife Society. She is currently pursuing my Ph.D. at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom where her research focuses on the contributions of the private sector to conservation in Africa.
Topics Discussed:
- The African Model of Wildlife Conservation.
- BioDiversity Credits and investing in conservation.
- “Conservation is the business that enables all other businesses.”
- Giving non-consumptive users a seat at the table.
- The value of hunting to conservation beyond funding.
- Ivory and Horn Trade.
- Weaponization of “Trophy Hunting”
- Informed and Involved on African Wildlife Conservation.
Chasing Rabbits:
- Property and Environment Research Center
- Catherine's Articles
- Cries of Savannah by Sue Tidwell
- How to Talk About Hunting with Mark Duda
You can find more about Everett Headley, your host, at his website or Instagram.
Intro Music: Jason Shaw- Back to the Woods
Outro Music: Bumy Goldson- Keep Walking
Catherine Semcer has worked with the Sierra Club and federal land management agencies to reduce climate, ecological, and regulatory risks to their operations. After leaving the Sierra Club, she was part of the executive team of an NGO that provides training, advisory, and assistance services to anti-poaching units in Africa. Now as a research fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana and the African Wildlife Economy Institute at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, she serves on the advisory board of the Game Rangers Association of Africa. Catherine is an expert with the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, and the Chair-Elect of the International Wildlife Management Working Group of The Wildlife Society. She is currently pursuing my Ph.D. at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom where her research focuses on the contributions of the private sector to conservation in Africa.
Topics Discussed:
- The African Model of Wildlife Conservation.
- BioDiversity Credits and investing in conservation.
- “Conservation is the business that enables all other businesses.”
- Giving non-consumptive users a seat at the table.
- The value of hunting to conservation beyond funding.
- Ivory and Horn Trade.
- Weaponization of “Trophy Hunting”
- Informed and Involved on African Wildlife Conservation.
Chasing Rabbits:
- Property and Environment Research Center
- Catherine's Articles
- Cries of Savannah by Sue Tidwell
- How to Talk About Hunting with Mark Duda
You can find more about Everett Headley, your host, at his website or Instagram.
Intro Music: Jason Shaw- Back to the Woods
Outro Music: Bumy Goldson- Keep Walking
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Chasing Rabbits:
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Intro Music: Jason Shaw- Back to the Woods
Outro Music: Bumy Goldson- Keep Walking
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Chasing Rabbits:
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You can find more about Everett Headley, your host, at his website or Instagram.
Intro Music: Jason Shaw- Back to the Woods
Outro Music: Bumy Goldson- Keep Walking
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