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Transfrontier game reserves to share out 2010 benefits
18 February 2008
New life is being breathed into the imaginative initiative that aims to see parts of southern Africa turned into large networks of parklands spanning national boundaries. The driving force is the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The South African government sees the transfrontier parks as the ideal way of sharing tourism and marketing benefits with the […]
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Long walk to freedom as elephants trek to Angola
28 Jan 2008
A feisty cow leads her herd 180km north, giving hope to conservationists that Botswana’s overpopulation problems might ease. An elephant cow named Lersatsi could hardly have known how she was serving the wellbeing...
Limpopo National Park
Transfrontier park bountiful
22 Jan 2008
The southern African Transfrontier Park initiative is bearing fruit particularly as far as endangered roan and sable antelope are concerned. These relocated species have adapted well to the new environment. Since being moved...
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Major donations by Swedish National Postcode Lottery and Fondation Harafi
29 Nov 2007
The Swedish National Postcode Lottery has just donated US$1 million to fund Peace Parks Foundation projects in 2008. Furthermore, the Fondation Harafi has donated R800 000 over three years to support the Southern...
Great Limpopo TFCA, Wildlife Crime
Transfrontier park poachers nabbed
26 Nov 2007
The fences might be down, but the incident is being cited as an example of how security has actually been improved A joint operation between Kruger National Park rangers and Mozambican police has...
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Mandela honoured for protecting the environment
22 Nov 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela was yesterday honoured for his role as a statesman and in promoting environmental care when council members of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) handed him a copy of the...
SA College for Tourism
‘Wild women’ will keep the peace
21 Nov 2007
Ready for jobs in the wild, 87 young women from nine Southern African countries have just graduated from the SA College for Tourism in Graaft-Reinet. They have undergone intensive training in environmental tourism...
