For those that believe sending boatloads of cash to Africa is the way to help the continent.
The following is from "Secrets of the Savannah" by Mark and Delia Owens. The Owens have performed decades of research and wildlife protection across Africa. The following discusses their attempts to start a "Non-poaching" economy in remote villages near Zambia's North Luanda National Park to replace the poaching economy.
>>>>Sugar and I explained that the project would train them and lend them money for equipment. We explained that they would be required to pay back the loans. Free handouts have been a plague in Africa. The continent is littered with failed development projects that were too large in scope, too high-tech by design, and required no accountability. The result was broken-down tractors in dusty fields, dried rice paddies in ruined oases, sophisticated hospital equipment no one could repair in abandoned, wornout clinics. We assured them that no one had to participate; we were simply offering assistance to those who wanted it. Sugar translated, going into long explanations complete with stories and parables. Sitting on the straw mats, faces fixed on Sugar, the villagers nodded their heads.
They understood why they should pay back any loans.<<<<<<
Owens, Mark James; Owens, Cordelia Dykes (2007-07-17). Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries ofElephants and People (Kindle Location 790). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition.
They want to eat meat
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Re: They want to eat meat
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4334497/
"Provisioning of Game Meat to Rural Communities as a Benefit of Sport Hunting in Zambia"
An academic paper that discusses the original premise of this thread.
Discusses the spatial(benefits to poor rural communities) and temporal benefits of sport hunting.
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>>>The amount of meat and frequency of meat distributions was generally greater during months (e.g., September) when rural people are most likely to experience food shortages i.e., when alternative sources of food are exhausted and prior to annual crop production<<<<
>>>Thus, although meat provisioned by sport hunting operators represents a small percentage of protein requirements for Zambians, it appears an effective means of distributing fresh, high quality meat to some of the most remote areas of the country with the greatest protein needs, thereby partially alleviating protein deficiencies in rural Africans.<<<<
"Provisioning of Game Meat to Rural Communities as a Benefit of Sport Hunting in Zambia"
An academic paper that discusses the original premise of this thread.
Discusses the spatial(benefits to poor rural communities) and temporal benefits of sport hunting.
Pull quote
>>>The amount of meat and frequency of meat distributions was generally greater during months (e.g., September) when rural people are most likely to experience food shortages i.e., when alternative sources of food are exhausted and prior to annual crop production<<<<
>>>Thus, although meat provisioned by sport hunting operators represents a small percentage of protein requirements for Zambians, it appears an effective means of distributing fresh, high quality meat to some of the most remote areas of the country with the greatest protein needs, thereby partially alleviating protein deficiencies in rural Africans.<<<<
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Re: They want to eat meat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZ9WQZ9REc
They want to eat meat, literally.
A sport-hunted elephant given to the locals. So, there was money, jobs and meat because of sport hunting.
Commentary by the hunter:
>>>When we arrived the next morning there were a couple dozen locals guarding their next meal. So we took care of the Kodak moment as quickly as possible, Heath jumped up onto the beast and drew some skinning lines with a grease pen and the work began.
Throughout the next couple hours, several dozen more arrived. All in all locals carved-up ellie as they made fires and cooked-up dinner on the spot. The 3500 pounds of fresh meat they hauled off would feed them and their families, about 400-600 people, for more than three months. Frankly, I was so awestruck with the scene, so delighted that this elephant would provide much-needed, protein-rich meals for hundreds of hungry people, I literally stood there for the entire four-hours and made some new friends while I witnessed the event.<<<<
They want to eat meat, literally.
A sport-hunted elephant given to the locals. So, there was money, jobs and meat because of sport hunting.
Commentary by the hunter:
>>>When we arrived the next morning there were a couple dozen locals guarding their next meal. So we took care of the Kodak moment as quickly as possible, Heath jumped up onto the beast and drew some skinning lines with a grease pen and the work began.
Throughout the next couple hours, several dozen more arrived. All in all locals carved-up ellie as they made fires and cooked-up dinner on the spot. The 3500 pounds of fresh meat they hauled off would feed them and their families, about 400-600 people, for more than three months. Frankly, I was so awestruck with the scene, so delighted that this elephant would provide much-needed, protein-rich meals for hundreds of hungry people, I literally stood there for the entire four-hours and made some new friends while I witnessed the event.<<<<