Peace Parks News
22 April 2005World's first Centre of Excellence for wildlife veterinary research
Statement by Dr Anton Rupert, Chairman of Peace Parks FoundationA wildlife and veterinary research facility of international standing is being created as part of the Hans Hoheisen Research Station adj
18 April 2005Transfrontier Parks Need More Beds
TRANSFRONTIER parks are the lure that will bring seven million tourists to South Africa - all with the same dream: to enjoy our wildlife and natural beauty.This rosy prediction for the country`s futur
14 April 2005SA deserves conservation back-pat
Champion of the Earth. What an honour for our president and our people to be the joint recipients of such a resoundingly worded award from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).Of course the
14 April 2005UNEP names seven 'Champions of the Earth
UNEP Names Seven "Champions of the Earth"New environmental award recognizes outstanding and innovative leadersNairobi, 12 April 2005 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has named seven l
11 April 2005The Wildlife Frontier Is Coming Down
Following all the hype about the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park, CAMERON EWART-SMITH investigates the first real tourist opportunities on offer in the newly proclaimed Parque National do Umpopo (P
6 April 2005KZN conservation jewel sets pace again
THE Greater St Lucia B Wetland Park has been badly scarred in places. Along roads and on the slopes of coastal dunes are patches where only tree stumps remain, with such new growth as there is finding
31 March 2005More Than A Game Reserve
BEYOND the Soutparnsberg in Limpopo lies a stretch of ruggedly beautiful, largely undiscovered land. This most northerly part of South Africa extends to the Limpopo River, where its sea of stunted mop
30 March 2005Elephants migrate to Mozambique
The giants of the Kruger Park, which may face culling due to excess numbers, have finally decided it‘s safe to cross the border.The great elephant herds of the Kruger National Park, under threat of cu
7 March 2005Farmers - Forget About Green-Chert Mineral
MBABANE - Miners might as well forget about exploring the green-chert mineral at Malolotja.The Swaziland National Trust Commission (SNTC) Acting Chief Executive Officer, Sudmmbuzo Diamini, says that f
3 March 2005Lesotho is part of world's heritage
FROM the day Moshoeshoe left Butha Buthe for Thaba Bosiu to the day he died, Lesotho's history was written. Monuments and heritages were left. But over the years they were left unprotected.But the Mal