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Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve in Trouble: Poaching, Dams and Mining. By Dr. Rolf D. Baldus.
Africa’s Oldest Protected Area The Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania, covering some 50,000 square kilometers, is Africa’s oldest and largest contiguous, uninhabited nature reserve. Due to its univer... Read More
Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Current Determinants of Wildlife Conservation. Part 2. By Douglas Wise.
Carrying capacity Absenting predation, disease and intra-species aggression, populations of mammalian wildlife and humans are ultimately constrained by the ecosystem services available to them. Thom... Read More
Sustainable Use – A poorly understood and under-appreciated concept. By Dr. George Hughes.
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa requires that our natural resources should be used in a manner that is sustainable and will not rob future generations of the benefits that can be deri... Read More
Getting Giddy, Going Round and Round. By Zig Mackintosh.
A subscription to the magazine of the Natal branch of the Wildlife Protection and Conservation Society of South Africa in 1966 was R3.15 annually, a life subscription was R 52.50. In volume 7, number ... Read More
Bad Law. By Ian Cox.
The South African Alien Invasive Species regulations are unlawful and consequently not worth the paper they are printed on. This is by no means an isolated case. In fact I think there is good reason t... Read More
Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Current determinants of wildlife conservation. Part 1. By Douglas Wise.
In May 2018, I visited South Africa on a fact-finding tour in the hope of learning more about range management. I was particularly interested in its application to areas set aside for wildlife. In ... Read More
Four Years on …… Remembering Dr. Ian Players Role in the Last TCI Campaign. By David Cook.
Four years ago, as the ghastly slaughter of rhino’s by poachers in South Africa by scaled new heights, TCI with the help of our patron Dr. Ian Player produced a film documenting the tragic circumsta... Read More
Benefits to Elephant Conservation From Safari Hunting.
This fact sheet, produced by Conservation Force, highlights the importance of safari hunting in elephant conservation. ... Read More