🪲Catch the latest on#AfricanCurrents | "I can tell that the traditional ecological knowledge of the African communities in the remote areas helped me to understand what the situation was [with the African Goliath beetle] and to go ahead on this matter [to research them]," Professor Luca Luiselli, from Rivers State University of Science and Technology in Nigeria, shared.
🪲Catch the latest on #AfricanCurrents | "I can tell that the traditional ecological knowledge of the African communities in the remote areas helped me to understand what the situation was [with the African Goliath beetle] and to go ahead on this matter [to research them]," Professor Luca Luiselli, from Rivers State University of Science and Technology in Nigeria, shared.
Amid the shrinking rainforests of West Africa, the giant Goliath beetle still holds on, a living emblem of nature’s resilience. Though deforestation and the exotic pet trade threaten its future, conservationists believe it’s not too late.
How can we give the Goliath beetle a future in Africa’s forests?
The upcoming #AfricanCurrents episode has the answers you’re looking for!
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