Esther Netshivhongweni and Rodgers Lubilo

Esther Netshivhongweni is director of the Community Association of South Africans in Natural Resources (Casa). Casa ensures that rural communities are central to the national conservation dialogue and decision-making. Dr Rodgers Lubilo is chairperson of the Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa (CLN). He is a conservation and rural development expert from Zambia, with 25  years of working experience in community-led conservation across southern Africa.