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Animals are victims of human conflict, so can conservation help build peace in warzones?

Animals are victims of human conflict, so can conservation help build peace in warzones?

by ACF | Jan 16, 2018 | Great Apes, Virunga

More than 70% of Africa’s national parks have been affected by war in recent decades, and wildlife has suffered as a result. That’s according to a new study by researchers from Yale and Princeton universities, which looked at data on 253 populations of large...
Africa’s protected areas most severely affected by conflict remain promising for conservation and rehabilitation efforts

Africa’s protected areas most severely affected by conflict remain promising for conservation and rehabilitation efforts

by ACF | Jan 10, 2018 | Wildlife News

When Josh Daskin traveled to Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park in 2012, its iconic large animals were returning from the brink of extinction. Gorongosa, among Africa’s most spectacular wildlife preserves until the 1970s, had been devastated by an anti-colonial war...
How African elephants’ amazing sense of smell could save lives

How African elephants’ amazing sense of smell could save lives

by ACF | Oct 22, 2017 | Elephants, Wildlife News

For 27 years Angola was gripped by civil war. Half a million human lives were lost and wildlife, too, was decimated to sustain troops. Rhino and elephants became valuable targets – rhino horn and ivory served as currency for arms among rebel forces. During the...

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