About Author: Ralph Pina

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Ralph is one of ecoAfrica.com's founders.

Posts by Ralph Pina

  • It is always interesting how those most vulnerable to a risk are the least prepared. Does it mean that they are blissfully ignorant; do they choose to ignore the threat...

    Is the Tourism Industry Ready for Climate Risk?

    Posted on November 30, 2009 | No Comments
    It is always interesting how those most vulnerable to a risk are the least prepared. Does it mean that they are blissfully ignorant; do they choose to ignore the threat...

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  • Mana Pools National Park and its adjoining safari areas form a wildlife conservation area in Zimbabwe on the flood plain of the wide Zambezi. It is a wild corner of...

    Save Mana Pools

    Posted on July 9, 2009 | 2 Comments
    Mana Pools National Park and its adjoining safari areas form a wildlife conservation area in Zimbabwe on the flood plain of the wide Zambezi. It is a wild corner of...

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  • Hard on the heels of news about escalating rhino poaching and illegal hunting in South Africa comes almost unbelievable news that the Eastern Cape Parks Board, a provincial conservation agency,...

    A parks board sells rhinos to hunters

    Posted on July 6, 2009 | 2 Comments
    Hard on the heels of news about escalating rhino poaching and illegal hunting in South Africa comes almost unbelievable news that the Eastern Cape Parks Board, a provincial conservation agency,...

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  • In a previous post I speculated about the likely effects of climate change on South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region, one of the most biodiverse floral kingdoms on the planet, and...

    Managed relocation, assisted migration or assisted colonisation?

    Posted on June 27, 2009 | No Comments
    In a previous post I speculated about the likely effects of climate change on South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region, one of the most biodiverse floral kingdoms on the planet, and...

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  • The Rim of Africa Mountain Passage is a grand idea painted large on the grand canvas of the Cape Fold Mountains. At its heart is the dream of creating biodiversity...

    A walk of no ordinary proportion

    Posted on June 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
    The Rim of Africa Mountain Passage is a grand idea painted large on the grand canvas of the Cape Fold Mountains. At its heart is the dream of creating biodiversity...

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  • The Wildlife & Environment Society of SA (WESSA) and other NGOs are questioning the Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa (PHASA) about rhino being hunted for the horn trade by...

    Rhino threatened by hunting

    Posted on March 12, 2009 | 6 Comments
    The Wildlife & Environment Society of SA (WESSA) and other NGOs are questioning the Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa (PHASA) about rhino being hunted for the horn trade by...

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  • Distressing news from the land of Ian Player and all those who contributed to one of Africa’s great conservation success stories – the operation to save the last southern race...

    Rhino threat – again

    Posted on January 25, 2009 | 4 Comments
    Distressing news from the land of Ian Player and all those who contributed to one of Africa’s great conservation success stories – the operation to save the last southern race...

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  • Marion, my partner, is a child of the Little Karoo, a collection of beautiful, semi-arid valleys and mountains sandwiched between the Langeberg range that delineates the northern extremity of the...

    Of white rhinos and white lions

    Posted on December 14, 2008 | No Comments
    Marion, my partner, is a child of the Little Karoo, a collection of beautiful, semi-arid valleys and mountains sandwiched between the Langeberg range that delineates the northern extremity of the...

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  • National Geographic Wild channel is currently screening a documentary, Battle of Kruger: Caught on Safari about one of the most amazing viral videos ever shot. The amateur video (see below)...

    Battle of Kruger goes mainstream

    Posted on November 9, 2008 | No Comments
    National Geographic Wild channel is currently screening a documentary, Battle of Kruger: Caught on Safari about one of the most amazing viral videos ever shot. The amateur video (see below)...

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  • “Development” is the predominant industry in Lilongwe. A veritable alphabet soup of NGO and aid agency acronyms adorn the doors of the many Japanese 4×4′s that congest the streets of...

    Malawi energy

    Posted on September 8, 2008 | 3 Comments
    “Development” is the predominant industry in Lilongwe. A veritable alphabet soup of NGO and aid agency acronyms adorn the doors of the many Japanese 4×4′s that congest the streets of...

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