CONSERVATION & SUSTAINABLE USE

Scaling up Africa’s elephant economy IntroductionAfrican elephants have provided valuable products that have been traded across theworld for thousands of years. As recently as the 1980s, elephant products such asivory, hides, and meat were routinely traded in countries such as Kenya, South Africa,and Zimbabwe. Small businesses in Bulawayo made wallets and briefcases. Curioshops in Victoria…

Wire and Water Documentary Feature The Mangwe South District of Zimbabwe is a forgotten place by the world and most of Zimbabwe. A place that is rural, where livestock are the chief economic driver of the villagers dotted around the landscape, and where people are living hand to mouth. The villagers own the land, but…

ELEPHANTINE DILEMMAS Here is an extract from an article written by Dr. Cumming, Elephantine Dilemmas, which was initially published in Quest in 2005. In this extract, Dr. Cumming is referring to the elephant population explosion that had occurred at that time across Southern Africa.

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