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Creating Space: Angola and a New Future for the Largest Elephant Population in the World
Blog by Werner Myburgh, CEO, Peace Parks Foundation Across southern Africa, elephants are under pressure not only from poaching and conflict. In many places, they are simply running out of space. Luengue-Luiana National Park in Angola is important because it sits at the centre of one of Africa’s most significant conservation opportunities. As part of […]
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Crime syndicates are plundering Zambia’s heritage plant – why it matters
In western Zambia’s Sioma Ngwezi National Park, a little-known medicinal plant is vanishing – not from overuse by local communities, but at the hands of international crime syndicates. Devil’s Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens), a heritage species long used by communities across southern Africa, has already disappeared in two of the park’s three zones. Its tuber is […]
