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The White Rhino Population In South Africa: Some Speculative Observations. By David Cook and Bugs van Heerden.
Official statistics for 2017 released by the South African Dept. of Environment Affairs focus primarily on a minor decrease in rhino poached (1028 compared to 1054 the previous year) with the emphasis... Read More
Ending Trophy Hunting of Elephants: Is this a Conservation Success? By Brendan Moyle.
Following a wave of popular outrage, the US government appears to be backtracking on the decision to allow the import elephant hunting trophies. Nonetheless, despite the support of celebrities and A... Read More
Obey The Rules – The Earthlife Africa Climate Change Case.
The judgement in the matter between Earthlife Africa and the South African Minister of Environmental Affairs case has caused some excitement in environmental circles because it is the first time an en... Read More
Book Review: Just a Blade of Grass. Paddy Hagelthorn & Molly Buchanan. By John Hanks.
What a pleasure to do this Foreword for such a remarkable book. Paddy Hagelthorn’s passion and enthusiasm for Africa’s extraordinary celebration of diversity of fauna and flora has been encapsulat... Read More
Milking Xanda, the Cash Lion.
An interesting article was recently posted on the Kenyan based African Wildlife Foundation’s (AWF) website entitled: “Trophy hunting not an option to finance conservation in Africa” The article ... Read More
The Costs of Protection. By Douglas Wise.
It is difficult to arrive at a mean financial figure that would be necessary adequately to protect areas that are designated as protected. Costs will be related to potential financial value of the p... Read More
Custodians of Wilderness: The Sabie Game Park, Mozambique.
In February, 2017 the 600 000 acre Greater Libombo Conservancy was incorporated into the Great Limpopo Transfrontier conservation Area. Within the Greater Libombo Conservancy lies the Sabie Game Park,... Read More
What is a Species? By Ian Cox.
One of the things South Africa is truly exceptional at is racial classification. After all we have had a lot of practice. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that the National Environmental Mana... Read More