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Collar to Coexist: Elephant Solutions (10-minute Video)

Collar to Coexist: Elephant Solutions (10-minute Video)

Part of Mozambique Wildlife Alliance’s (MWA) mission in Mozambique is to mitigate and manage human-wildlife conflict by implementing measures to promote tolerance. A component of that program is collaring elephants with GPS devices. Once the collars are deployed, MWA can monitor their location in real-time and determine the likelihood

The Birth of Game Ranching in Zululand (6-minute Video)

The Birth of Game Ranching in Zululand (6-minute Video)

A seminal study on the Henderson Ranch in Zimbabwe by two Fulbright scholars, doctors Mossman and Dussman from Humboldt University in California, discovered that properly managed wildlife was worth more in terms of its profitability to the landowner than domestic livestock. And so, the philosophy of game ranching was born.

Positionality - Safari Hunting Versus Trophy Hunting

Positionality - Safari Hunting Versus Trophy Hunting

By Prof Brian Child The term trophy hunting has risen to prominence since 2010 (Di Minin, Clements et al. 2021) through pejorative branding by Western special interest groups to encapsulate the image of entitled, rapacious, obese, white men killing beautiful animals for fun, to extinction, and in harmful ways. “Trophy

Controlling Wildlife Numbers (5-minute Video)

Controlling Wildlife Numbers (5-minute Video)

The early managers of Zululand’s wilderness areas discovered that managing wildlife populations in finite regions is complex, especially with growing impoverished, rural communities as neighbors. They had to be innovative in their approach to the issues, so the concept of adaptive management was born. Adaptive management simply means controlling

Has IFAW Hijacked The South African National Parks Management Policies?

Has IFAW Hijacked The South African National Parks Management Policies?

By Dr Salomon Joubert (This is an excerpt from a longer article, Kruger National Park Elephant Population: Current Situation and Management Considerations.) International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW): in a booklet, Elephants, Facts and Fables, by Prof Rudi van Aarde, it is stated that: “IFAW has partnered with the Conservation

Bringing Back Apex Predators (5-minute Video)

Bringing Back Apex Predators (5-minute Video)

The recovery of wildlife in Coutada 11 in the Zambezi Delta in Mozambique has been remarkable. The area forms part of the Marromeu National Complex, and for the past 20 years, wildlife censuses have been undertaken across the region. Mark Haldane from Zambeze Delta Safaris (ZDS) has been a driving

The Tragedy of the Commons

The Tragedy of the Commons

By Zig Mackintosh Although there is debate around the validity of the term, the “tragedy of the commons” is a metaphor widely used in environmental science, economics, and policy to describe a state where individuals acting independently and rationally according to their self-interests deplete a shared resource, at odds with