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Cosmetic trade bans and Western paternalism will not end poaching in Africa – community-based conservation will

by chloe | Aug 6, 2015 | Africa

by Keith Somerville, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies* One of the major announcements by President Obama during his brief but highly symbolic visit to Kenya this weekend was that he would implement “urgently needed steps” to restrict the sale...

Botswana’s Jumbo Dilemma – the expanding elephant population and the environment by Keith Somerville

by commonwealth-oral-history-project | Oct 17, 2013 | Africa

Elephants are a keystone species in ecological systems, thinning woodland, creating areas of grassland or savannah and having a massive influence on the flora but also the other fauna of an area.  Where they survive in Africa they are generally a threatened species –...

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