Staff Writer

The ethos behind Guides Against Poaching (GAP) Zimbabwe is to encourage safari hunting and photographic guides to become involved in anti-poaching programs nationwide. Instructing learner guides is an integral part of the initiative, which relies on professionals in the industry to volunteer time and knowledge. John Laing from GAP spends

Protected wilderness areas in Mozambique are known as conservation areas and are categorized according to their land use. No consumptive utilization of natural resources is allowed within national parks, national reserves, and forest reserves.  Sustainable consumptive utilization is permitted in community wildlife utilization areas, private game farms and state hunting

The State of the African Wildlife Report notes that the drivers and dynamics of the wildlife trade are complex.  Effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions are needed to ensure that the exports of wild goods and services are not detrimental to wildlife. Like all economic sectors, the wildlife economy requires transparency,

The poaching of wildlife is not the only African conservation problem. Along the Zambezi River above Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, ancient trees are being cut down to make wooden boats known as mokoros. Poachers use these mokoros to navigate the river and undertake their poaching operations. John Laing from Guides

The Southern African and Kenyan models of wildlife conservation are at opposite ends of the gamut. In Southern Africa, wildlife generally belongs to the landowner and can be sustainably utilized consumptively and non-consumptively if responsibly.  In Kenya, the preservationist model rules: take only photographs and leave only footprints (carbon included!