Author: Zig Mackintosh
The Birth of Game Ranching in Zimbabwe.
Towards the end of the 1950’s a small group of cattle ranchers, who were also committed wildlife conservationists, pioneered the game ranching industry in Zimbabwe. The idea developed from the theor... Read More
Cecil moment or Cecil movement.
In a rather curious paper by David W. Macdonald et al. (Cecil: A Moment or a Movement? Analysis of Media Coverage of the Death of a Lion, Panthera Leo) the authors try to figure out if the reaction to... Read More
The African Conservation Investment Imperative by David Peddie.
The concept of sustainable use of natural resources, is a primary strategy in protecting Africa’s ecosystems, wild places and wild creatures and in supporting rural socio-economic development. It is... Read More
Book Review. Tales of an African Vet by Roy Aronson.
The heart-wrenching and adventure-filled stories of a South African wild animal vet and his colleagues When do you watch a wild animal suffer and let nature take its course, and when do you intervene?... Read More
Illicit Financial Flows in the Wildlife and Tourism Sectors in Southern Africa. By Resource Africa.
This study on IFFs in the Wildlife and Tourism sectors in Southern Africa emanated from the TrustAfrica and Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa partnership project “Assessing the extent an... Read More
Book Review. Save Me From the Lion’s Mouth by James Clarke.
In many parts of Africa a ‘front line’ has developed between humans and wild animals. People are stressfully aware of their vulnerability, whether from predators that eat their stock, or f... Read More
Book Review: Ivory by Keith Somerville.
Despite the 1989 global ivory trade ban, poaching and ivory smuggling have not abated. More than half of Tanzania’s elephants have been killed for their ivory since 2007. A similarly alarming story ... Read More
Custodians of Wilderness: The Zambezi Delta.
The south-east African country of Mozambique stretching over some 310 000 square miles is the world’s 36th largest. A former Portuguese colony the country experienced a violent and turbulent past. T... Read More