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Poaching Issues and Solutions (5-minute Video)

Poaching Issues and Solutions (5-minute Video)

Poaching is a significant challenge, with the primary issue being the bush meat trade, as Mark Haldane explains. Meat poaching is common, but they rarely encounter elephant poaching. Zambeze Delta Safaris anti-poaching unit has been successful in reducing poaching to a great extent, with the help of helicopters and silent

PATROL - VOLUME 24

PATROL - VOLUME 24

Why Bother? A study conducted by Lindsey et al. in 2013 shows that the estimated capital start-up cost of a game ranch in Zambia is in the range of USD 537 per hectare. Throw in the start-up capital, and a 2,000-hectare piece of property would be approximately USD 1,

Why Bother?

Why Bother?

A study conducted by Lindsey et al. in 2013 shows that the estimated capital start-up cost of a game ranch in Zambia is in the range of USD 537 per hectare. Throw in the start-up capital, and a 2,000-hectare piece of property would be approximately USD 1,500,000

Repurposing Snares for Good (6-minute Video)

Repurposing Snares for Good (6-minute Video)

Snare busters repurpose the snares collected in the field, especially the wire and the thin cable, by donating them to an organization called “Down to the Wire”. The material is fashioned into jewelry and sold to the public. The money raised through the sales is plowed back into conservation. But

A Less Glamorous Narrative: The Mpungini Conservation Area

A Less Glamorous Narrative: The Mpungini Conservation Area

Martiens Potgieter is a burly, handle-bar mustached maize farmer from Normandien KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, who came to the area as a child in 1970. He has lived, worked, and played here ever since. He is a passionate conservationist, always looking to balance growing crops and the environment's health.

Kizigo Game Reserve: Anti-poaching and Conservation Work (5-minute Video)

Kizigo Game Reserve: Anti-poaching and Conservation Work (5-minute Video)

Ganam/EBN have three safari hunting concessions in Tanzania, in the Moyowosi Game Reserve and Kizigo Central and West Game Reserve. The anti-poaching efforts and conservation work in Kizigo had to be reactivated after a period of dormancy, and the company teamed up with the Tanzania Wildlife Authority, TAWA, to

PATROL - VOLUME 23

PATROL - VOLUME 23

People, Profit, Planet Sustainable use can be defined as the use of biological diversity components in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biological diversity to safeguard the potential to meet the needs and aspirations of both present and future generations. The