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March 6, 2007 at 1:30 am
Is there any legal sport hunting in Angola at the moment?
March 6, 2007 at 1:32 am
Who is registered as a hunting operation in Angola?
March 6, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hi Gerard
The answer to your first question would be a guarded YES.
The History
Angola is a tricky one due to general unavailability of information as well as the language barrier. You will also appreciate that wildlife conservation is one of those sectors that suffer in times of war, and with the civil war only recently coming to an end, not much has been done in the way of putting in place or updating legal frameworks governing conservation of wildlife and use of other natural resources. Currently all existing legislation governing wildlife conservation and use in Angola dates back to the colonial era. Decree 40:040 of 1955 was published in the official bulletin of Angola (Boletim Oficial de Angola)on 9 February 1955. This legislation was actually written in Portugal and related to the protection of flora, fauna and soils, in all of the Portuguese controlled colonies at the time. Following this the Angolan governemnt brought out Diploma Legislativo no 2:873 (Decree 2:873 of 1957)which was published in the Official Bulletin of Angola on 11 December 1957. This legislation served to regulate the hunting of wildlife species in Angola in line with Decree 40:040 of 1955. The legislation outlined a number of different classes of hunting licenses encompassing subsistence (local) hunting, agricultural (crop protection) hunting, and sport hunting for Angolan residents and visitors. Overall however, the legislation governing protected areas, biodiversity and natural resources in Angola is seen as outdated. In mid-2005 a consultancy team from the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations was working with the Forestry Development Institute to review current legislation and assist in the developemnt of new legislation.
For the record, Angola is the only country in sub-saharan Africa still non-party to CITES!!
For an overview of sport hunting in the Southern Africa development Community (SADC) click here
To read about the recent sighting of of Angola’s unique Giant Sable (Palanca Negra) that was feared to be exinct after three decades of civil war click here