Author: Zig Mackintosh
Why Aren’t We Talking About This?
Discussions on conservation in Africa generally center around iconic game species. But conservation is not about “Cecil the lion”. Broadly non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can be defined... Read More
The Making of “Citizen Hunter: The Story of SA Hunters.”Conophytum Refuge.
Conophytum, a genus of flowering plants that consists of over 100 species including several that are listed as endangered are victims of a global wave of succulent poaching driven by surging demand fr... Read More
Burping Cows or Free-Range Wildlife?
Wildlife utilization is an integral part of the Namibian economy. There would be no reason to keep the wildlife if it had no tangible value. It boils down to land use, cows and ploughs, if not wildlif... Read More
Ecosystem Services.
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 ... Read More
Appropriate and Sustainable Land Use.
In a 2009 paper, The Economics of Wildlife Conservation Policy in Kenya, Michael Norton-Griffiths states that although Kenya is some 580,000 km2 in area, only 15% supports continuous agricultural prod... Read More
Safari Hunting and Land Transformation.
Uncontrolled land transformation is the biggest threat to Africa’s wildlife when wildlife is stripped of its value. Once the land is converted for crops and livestock, biodiversity is lost and can n... Read More
Meat Production: Livestock vs Wildlife.
There are upward of 200 000 local hunters in South Africa, and their primary aim is to harvest the meat from the hunted animals. The South African red meat industry has estimated that during the 6-mon... Read More