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The WWC Chronicles – Alfred Sibango

“We are only borrowing resources from our children…everything is in our hands for the future generations.” This powerful and thought‐provoking message comes from the personal account of Alfred Sibango, manager of the Kasika Conservancy on the eastern Caprivi floodplain (Namibia), following his great journey North to participate in the 8th World Wilderness Congress. On a personal level, Alfred was struck by the novelty of coldness and the necessity for warm clothing in the great north of Alaska. On a professional level, the experiences of the Congress have transcended Alfred’s work with Kasika Conservancy – the Congress served as an invaluable venue for Alfred to speak to other professionals about the successes and challenges.

While at the Congress, Alfred presented a poster of Protected Area Tourism and actively participated in the inaugural Native Lands and Wilderness Council. At this meeting indigenous groups spanning the globe gathered to discuss wilderness issues, specifically focusing on management techniques, challenges and successes on native owned/managed wilderness areas. Alfred’s participation in the 8WWC was supplemented by travel throughout the Anchorage area, visiting Seward, seeing glaciers and viewing wildlife. His reflections on his journey expound on the fact that each WWC is filled with both personal and professional learning. Alfred’s journey began with a travel delay due to baboons on the runway in Victoria Falls, was enriched by the collegial conversations at the Congress, and capped with experiencing the wild‐nature of Alaska’s glaciers. He surmised the impact of journey with, “In conclusion of this story about nature and travel, I would like to convey my message to all nature lovers because the experience I have from my trip has given me a light on nature that if we do not conserve our resources, no one will do it for us.”

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