CAMPFIRE is the acronym for communal areas management program for indigenous resources and is a strategy devised to satisfy the needs of rural communities while conserving the environment. Around 90% of CAMPFIRE's revenue comes from safari hunting, of which elephant hunting contributes more than 70%. The Bulilima district
"The National Parks: America's Best Idea", Ken Burns' documentary series, is a masterpiece. The history of the United States National Parks from 1851 to 1980 is documented in the typical Burns style. John Muir, naturalist/philosopher and first president of the Sierra Club, was one
Zambia’s Protected Areas cover over 77,000 square miles or 30% of the country’s total landmass in 19 National Parks and 36 Game Management Areas. The Game Management Areas, or GMAs, are tourist hunting concessions opened in several tribal lands in the 1970’s. This created a revenue
Ecosystem Services An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plants, animals, microorganisms and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit. Central to understanding this is that people are integral parts of ecosystems. READ MORE Scottish Highland Estates: The Gamekeepers’ Lot (6-minute Video) Mike Holliday is the wildlife manager at
Charcoal is one of the most important non-timber forest products in Africa. It meets the energy needs of about 800 million people or 65% of the population. It has high energy content, is easy to store and handle and produces comparatively less smoke. Over 90% of households still use charcoal
Hunting safari operators in Tanzania are expected to undertake conservation work within their leased concessions. Ganam/EBN operate in the Kizigo West and Kizigo Central game reserves in Western Tanzania and has conducted a variety of projects since moving into the area, which include opening 1,000 km of roads,
Mike Holliday is the wildlife manager at the Glen Ample Estate in the Scottish Highlands, and over the past 35 years, he has had to contend with many different management issues. In the early years, poaching was an issue for a variety of reasons, but Mike was able to overcome
An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plants, animals, microorganisms and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit. Central to understanding this is that people are integral parts of ecosystems. This fact is something the preservationists conveniently overlook, especially when it comes to discussing conservation in Africa. Ecosystem Services
Culling By Any Other Name? In the June 1967 edition of African Wildlife, the official magazine of the Wildlife Protection and Conservation Society of South Africa, researcher A. M. Brynard's talk to the Transvaal fieldwork section of the society was published. This was 56 years ago before elephant
In the June 1967 edition of African Wildlife, the official magazine of the Wildlife Protection and Conservation Society of South Africa, researcher A. M. Brynard's talk to the Transvaal fieldwork section of the society was published. This was 56 years ago before elephant culling started in the Kruger
German Gamazo Hohenlohe manages a countryside estate that has been in the family for almost 150 years. The property is unique in that it is a mixture of ancient oak trees and pastures (called a dehesa) and a Mediterranean forest that is thousands of years old. Because of the soil&
In 1965, N. Owen-Smith from the University of Natal Wildlife Society, led a research team into the Mana Pools Game Reserve in the Zambezi Valley to try and figure out the proportion of tuskless elephants. The team found that of the 150 elephants on which it was possible to determine