Mbaiwa tells Botswana's story at Oxford University
Ryder Gabathuse | Tuesday March 19, 2024 20:34
Mbaiwa is a Professor of Tourism Studies, Okavango Research Institute and University of Botswana.
He led a lecture on the UK Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill and its implications to conservation and livelihoods.
His main story was that Botswana government and local communities living in wildlife areas are currently protesting to the British parliament about the potential of the UK passing a bill that prohibits trophy imports from Botswana and other southern African states known as Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA). The countries in KAZA include Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
He further reiterated the position of Botswana's conservation and benefits derived from the country's good practices.