Honey for Money, But Bees Need Trees
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No Bullet, No Buffer: Why Wildlife Corridors Disappear When Hunters Do
By Zig Mackintosh Biogeography, the study of species distribution patterns across space and time, is seldom discussed in African conservation. Yet it provides perhaps the most compelling context for understanding why safari hunting concessions matter to conservation, and why, if safari hunting is eliminated, the risks to biodiversity would be
CITES – a Convention for Wildlife Trade Regulation, or for Wildlife Trade Prohibition?
Key Takeaways: * CITES was set up to regulate the trade in wildlife products, not prohibit it. * There are 184 country members (Parties) who can vote on issues. Observers (NGOs) cannot vote, but they do influence policies. * The public at large has come to support a non-use wildlife paradigm, mainly as
The Curse of "Boda Boda"
Boda bodas are motorbike taxis ubiquitous across East Africa, particularly dominant in Uganda. The term originated from drivers who shouted "border, border" at potential customers along the Uganda-Kenya border during political instability in the 1970s. Originally, bicycle-based smuggling operations at border crossings transitioned to motorcycles in the 1990s
The Chete Safari Area: A Forsaken Wilderness
With Dick Fourie The Chete Safari Area is a vast, rugged, undeveloped wilderness on the Zimbabwean shoreline of Lake Kariba. Covering 108,100 hectares between the Senkwe and Muenda rivers, it forms part of the lower Zambezi–Kariba ecosystem. It occupies a critical ecological position within a broader mosaic of