Tropes against African Indigenous communities linger and continue to shape conservation, which has led to “protective” and often punitive regulations.
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For the Maasai, Nyekweri forest has such a high ecological and socio-cultural value. But new conservancies aren’t working as best they could.
Wildlife tourism is big business – until a pandemic halts international travel.
A new method of using camera traps has brought good and bad news for conservationists.
Male lions are responsible for the movement of genes between prides. New research confirmed that the genes are traveling long distances – even though no one has been spotting the lions on the journey.
Democracy is not just for humans.
Small animals are the fabric of the world around us. Without them everything would crumble.
60% of the world’s largest carnivores and herbivores are classified as being threatened with extinction
South Sudan is a country where conflict is rife. This has had a knock-on effect on the country’s rich and varied fauna, and put conservation programmes in severe crisis.
Next time you plan a holiday you can rest assured that wildlife sightseeing can help some threatened species.
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Research associate, Griffith University
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Professor, Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University
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International Chair in Ecotourism Research, Griffith University
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