Julia van Velden – The Conversation

The Indigenous Bayaka people of the Central African Republic know best how to conserve their forests. Timothy Allen/Getty Images

February 20, 2025

Indigenous futures thinking: 4 approaches to imagining a better world

Julia van Velden, Stellenbosch University; Garry Peterson, Stockholm University; Iain Gordon, Australian National University; Jessica Cheok, CSIRO, and Rosemary Hill, James Cook University

Indigenous futures thinking brings the expertise built up by Indigenous communities over many years into the plans needed for the world to adapt to climate change.

Communities living near protected areas such as Nyika National Park often depend on agriculture and natural resources to survive. Julia van Velden

July 13, 2020

Malawi study shows how dependency on bushmeat hunting can be reduced

Julia van Velden, Griffith University; Boyson Moyo, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Duan Biggs, Griffith University, and Henry Travers, University of Oxford

Enforcement at protected areas is key way to prevent bushmeat poaching, but it’s also important to recognise the contribution bushmeat makes to livelihoods, incomes and food security.

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