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Addo Elephant Park Game Drive, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 4 August 2009
1. Medium two elephants head to head
2. Medium baby elephant and mother in mud
3. Wide focus pull “Addo Elephant Park” sign
4. Various elephants walking across the savannah
5. Wide Megan Taplin walking up train
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Megan Taplin, Regional Communications Manager, Frontier Region, South African National Parks
“A lot of people get the wrong impression if they visit a private game reserve, or a zoo or a park, that that’s how they should see animals, and here you really get to experience what their natural behaviour is in a natural system. And I think that kind of distinction is something that is very important.”
7. Medium cactus plant with moonrise in background
8. Medium two affectionate zebras
9. Wide Jackal in grasses
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, 3 August 2009
10. Medium Dr. Mike Knight with park planning staff in front of office
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Mike Knight, Head of Park Planning and Development, Conservation Services, South African National Parks
” We know now that the tourism aspects that are associated with conservation bring in about 11-12% of the national GDP, agriculture by comparison is half of that.”
Addo Elephant National Park Game Drive, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 4 August 2009
12. Wide, still pond with birds
13. Medium bird in tree in pond
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, 3 August 2009
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Mike Knight, Head of Park Planning and Development, Conservation Services, South African National Parks
“But the key element is making sure you can expand that beyond the big 5, so say that there is importance to the tortoises and the insects out there. And making sure you can educate your tourists around the greater elements of biodiversity conservation.”
Addo Elephant National Park Game Drive, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 4 August 2009
15. Close up cactus
16. Close up succulent
17. Close up blooming aloe
18. Medium dung beetle
19. Close up dung beetle
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, 3 August 2009
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Mike Knight, Head of Park Planning and Development, Conservation Services, South African National Parks
“When you talk from a biodiversity perspective, Addo is probably the most diverse park in Africa. It’s got the 4 biomes, in the form of Thicket, it’s got Nama Karoo (semi-desert region of South Africa) in it, it’s got Afro-montaine forests, and it’s got grassy fynbos (shrubs). With the marine environment added in, it adds a unique dimension to it.”
Woody Cape Section, Addo Elephant Park, Eastern Cape South Africa, 5 August 2009
21. Sign to Woody Cape Section
22. Wide Alexandria Dune and ocean
23. Close up water washing up on shore
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, 3 August 2009
24. Close up over Dr. Mike Knights shoulder of park expansion map
25. Close up computer screen time lapse of park expansion from 1930s to future
Addo Elephant National Park Rest Camp, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 3 August 2009
26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jordana Meyer, Elephant and Black Rhino Researcher, Smithsonian and George Mason University Elephant Research Project
” They are working on range expansion, and should be , within the next year, opening up a new section called Colchester, which will be down towards the coast, and it’s another 14,000 hectares, and that will be very needed for this elephant population.”
27. Medium baby elephant and others playing in mud
28. Close up elephant’s face
Addo Elephant Park Game Drive, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 4 August 2009
29. Wide Addo Elephant Park winding road with car and 2 elephants walking
30.Medium elephant eating in brush
31. Close up elephant eating
32. Sunset silhouette of cactus plants
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