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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

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

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

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

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

By Dr Doug Wise The debate over whether the “preservationist” conservation model is superior to the “sustainable use” one is hotly contested.  However, this is somewhat academic. The imposition of a ban on international trade in Africa’s most valuable wildlife products has greatly weakened the potential benefits of the