The Africa Animal Welfare Conference
he Africa Animal Welfare Conference is an annual conference that brings together representatives of governments, civil society, academia, business and state agencies from Africa to discuss issues that cut across animal welfare, wildlife and environmental conservation in the context of sustainable development.
The theme of this year’s conference is Animal welfare, wildlife and environmental conservation for sustainable development in Africa: Enhancing nature-based solutions.
This theme was set to be in tandem with theme of UNEA: Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
The discussion on a UNEA resolution on animal welfare (see above) is expected to take the centerstage among other discussions during the conference. This comes at an opportune time where COVID-19, a virus that is believed to have bread from zoonotic background is raging havoc across the globe.
More information can be found here.