Food and Income

In my view, it's impossible not to talk about wildlife, and not think about its role in livelihoods. And I guess part of that is my own view, part of the research that I do in Africa. In most eastern-west Africa. I look at a role, all the humans rely on wildlife as the source of food, and also the source of income. And we talk about our wildlife, if we talk about fish, we are talking about what is probably the single most important source of protein for humans across the globe. And so, billions, or more than a billion people rely on fish as their primary source of animal protein, and most of these people live in poverty. So the management of wild fish resources in a sense is incredibly important to livelihoods and health. And also, wildlife tourism is the multiple billion dollars' industry, and in many places, such as Africa and South America, it can be the number one source of income, it can be the number one source of foreign income for economies.