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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

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

The poaching of predators and scavengers is on the increase for a variety of reasons. There is a lucrative market for the supply of animal body parts for the muthi (traditional African medicine) trade, as well as an increasing demand in the East. Poisoning poached animal carcasses is the preferred

Any Third-World nation that seeks to export beef to international markets, especially in Europe, must meet high standards of veterinary hygiene and disease management. In the early 1970s, the European Union stipulated that Botswana's government restrict the movement of wildlife into its beef herds to control diseases such

The Snare Busters Program is not just about removing snares from the bush. The volunteers are also involved in wildlife rescue operations. Their policy is the same as other reputable conservation organizations, where they don’t intervene if the injuries are natural unless it is an endangered species. The work