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By Doug Wise It is worth considering whether an African Parks–type model would provide the opportunity for all African states to coalesce in support of sustainable trade. One might envisage a single non-profit organisation comprising first-world donors working in partnership with range state governments, taking total control over all

Livestock holdings in Botswana are a mixture of large commercial ranches several hundreds of square kilometers in size and small operators with herds of maybe a dozen cattle or goats. The impact of livestock killing predators is felt most keenly by the smaller operations. If a leopard jumps into a

By Dr David Cummings Below is an extract from an article written by Dr. Cumming, Elephantine Dilemmas, which was initially published in Quest in 2005. In this extract, Dr. Cumming is referring to the elephant population explosion that had occurred at that time across Southern Africa. Countries in southern Africa