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Conservation Archive
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The Flying Rhino
Posted on October 1, 2009 | No CommentsRecently the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority contributed two black rhino to be relocated to designated reserves as part of an initiative to ensure that the populations of endangered species are... -
Save Mana Pools
Posted on July 9, 2009 | 2 CommentsMana 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... -
A parks board sells rhinos to hunters
Posted on July 6, 2009 | 2 CommentsHard 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,... -
Managed relocation, assisted migration or assisted colonisation?
Posted on June 27, 2009 | No CommentsIn 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... -
A walk of no ordinary proportion
Posted on June 6, 2009 | 1 CommentThe 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... -
Rhino threatened by hunting
Posted on March 12, 2009 | 6 CommentsThe 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 threat – again
Posted on January 25, 2009 | 4 CommentsDistressing 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... -
Of white rhinos and white lions
Posted on December 14, 2008 | No CommentsMarion, 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... -
Kruger National Park Google Earth layer
Posted on May 25, 2008 | 7 CommentsecoAfrica has launched a Google Earth layer for the Kruger National Park (2MB .kmz file; requires Google Earth), in the context of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Our layer includes:... -
Elephant options in Africa
Posted on May 2, 2008 | 1 CommentNo doubt you have heard by now that South Africa has decided that culling will once again be an optional intervention in the management of elephant populations, albeit an intervention...