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Prince William Should Shut His Mouth and Resist The Urge To Lecture Africans
His recent speech on population was particularly ill advised.
Prior to the birth of his youngest son, Prince Louis, Prince William, the duke of Cambridge gave a speech in which he attacked Africa’s population growth as having a deleterious effect on wildlife.
At the tusk awards a few days ago, he repeated the words from the very speech he had given in 2017.
He was quoted as saying the following:
The increasing pressure on Africa’s wildlife and wild spaces as a result of human population presents a huge challenge for conservationists.
Africa’s extraordinarily rich biodiversity has the ability to sequester vast amounts of carbon, But this is only possible if these landscapes remain truly intact and are protected as functioning ecosystems.
Our wildlife plays a vital role in keeping nature in balance and maintaining this precious cycle of life. If we keep destroying or removing the threads that make up the natural tapestry of life on earth, it will simply begin to break down, exacerbating climate change still further.
While I have never sought to downplay the seriousness and the fierce urgency of the need to act on climate change, the duke of Cambridge was well out of order in pointing the finger squarely at the increasing numbers in Africa as being responsible for the devastation of the continent’s flora and fauna.
One wishes that he would take the time to criticise the vast numbers of multi nationals who have made huge sums of money destroying the African(billions of dollars) landscape by ploughing for resources. The likes of Royal Dutch Shell, Trafigura, Apple, Microsoft, Total, BP, British Gas, Glencore and Vitol have more than played their part in ensuring that the next generation will have very little to call their own.
One wishes that he would take the time to pause in reflection at the numerous crimes that were committed in the name of his forebears (the royal family)in their quest for the control of Africa’s resources.
One wishes that he spoke up and acknowledged the royal family’s complicity in the slave trade, which generated untold wealth for several British…
