Cost for Solutions
The first thing to do, we be to stop poverty in Africa. Africa has chronically battled hunger, where 240 million people, that is nearly one out of every four persons, are food insecure and where undernutrition is directly or indirectly responsible hundreds of thousands of child deaths every year, it is only too easy to dismiss this as yet another promise that is most likely to fail. Hunger and undernutrition is estimated to generate costs of up to 11 percent for Africa’s public system. It is now being widely acknowledged that to end hunger in Africa or almost anywhere in the world, it will not be enough to simply increase the production of food. Access to food requires more than just availability. There is a need to address the many inter-connected factors that keep people from being food secure, including malnutrition, poverty and persistent social and economic inequalities. The “End Hunger in Africa” summit has set the scene for African governments to cover the rest of the continent and eventually ending hunger by 2025.
Addressing the bushmeat crisis requires a diversity of approaches, from conducting anti-poaching operations to educating children about the importance of biodiversity and sustainability. Enforcing the law first requires having sensible laws in place. Policy developers depend upon biological and sociological research, and policy enforcers are served by public awareness as much as guns.
Addressing the bushmeat crisis requires a diversity of approaches, from conducting anti-poaching operations to educating children about the importance of biodiversity and sustainability. Enforcing the law first requires having sensible laws in place. Policy developers depend upon biological and sociological research, and policy enforcers are served by public awareness as much as guns.