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TSETSE PROJECT ANNUAL REPORT 1949.
The tsetse fly (Glossina sp.) carries the Trypanosoma parasite, which causes sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in domestic animals, particularly cattle. In the early 20th century, much of Souther... Read More
WHY IS KENYA’S WILDLIFE POLICY 60 YEARS BEHIND SOUTHERN AFRICA?
A 2016 paper by Joseph Ogutu, Senior Statistician, University of Hohenheim et al. noted that over the past four decades, populations of almost all the common wildlife species in Kenya have fallen to o... Read More
VOICES FROM THE FRONTLINE: COMMUNITIES AND LIVELIHOODS IN BOTSWANA.
This 60-minute documentary follows Jack Ramsden, a young cattle rancher from Maun, on a quest across Northern Botswana to document the effects of wildlife on communities and livelihoods. Along the way... Read More
Botswana’s Elephant Numbers Just Don’t Add Up.
The Botswana Environment Statistics Wildlife Digest 2014 reported that the results of an elephant census carried out by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) in 2003 showed the number t... Read More
Custodians of Wilderness: Sidinda, Zambezi Valley. By Zig Mackintosh.
A Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) is defined as a component of a large ecological region that straddles the boundaries of two or more countries encompassing one or more protected ... Read More
The Importance of Participation. By Ian Cox.
We all know how important the right to vote is, right? We will all mostly probably reply, if asked, that the right to vote in free and fair elections is what makes our country a democracy. However I w... Read More
Ted Reilly: A Living Legend. By Martin Dunn.
Ted Reilly was familiar to me long before I actually met him; as one of the legendary figures of wildlife conservation in Southern Africa; spoken of with respect and reverence alongside other greats l... Read More
Photo-Tourism Versus Safari Hunting Versus Both? By Kevin Leo-Smith.
This thread on the Africa Geographic website (link below) motivated me to try to contribute positively to this pro / anti-hunting debate that is often unnecessarily polarizing and acrimonious. I... Read More