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Poaching moves to cattle as SANParks communities plead for help – Addo

Villages that neighbour the Kruger National Park face the terrors of armed stock thieves and poachers who are involved in cross-border crime … “SANParks” – BingNews We are in the midst of the 16th annual SA National Parks (SANParks) Week, which runs from November 22 through to November 28. Sadly, we are also in the …

Villages that neighbour the Kruger National Park face the terrors of armed stock thieves and poachers who are involved in cross-border crime …
“SANParks” – BingNews

We are in the midst of the 16th annual SA National Parks (SANParks) Week, which runs from November 22 through to November 28. Sadly, we are also in the midst of a spate of muggings and car break-ins.
“SANParks” – BingNews

DON’T take a child to a national park when he is in matric, take him when he is much younger. How we engage the youth in nature conservation, will determine the way forward in protecting and …
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Quick Addo Fact: Addo is a beautiful biodiversity hotspot – Our entire country can be divided into just nine biomes (a unique ecological unit with a characteristic set of plant, animal species and climate) and Addo stretches over five of these biomes, namely the Thicket, Forest, Succulent Karoo, Fynbos and Nama Karoo, and each biome has its own sets of key species. The big goal for the park is now to consolidate the land it has and create a functional ecological unit that stretches from the Karoo all across the mountains, fynbos, forest into the thicket and down across the coastal dune system. This diversity is key to its success. Conservation Manager John Adendorff says, ‘Addo is one of the most profitable parks. There’s nothing that even comes close for its size. It runs at 98% occupancy and there are very few spikes in the year, so it’s just consistent. It’s fully booked all the time and a very difficult place to get into.’

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Image – African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) young getting out of the mud with help from its mother …

African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) young getting out of the mud with help from its mother … | Hapoor – Find Addo Accommodation. Image by berniedup Hapoor Water Hole, Addo Elephant NP, Eastern Cape, SOUTH AFRICA Great Addo and Surrounds Accommodation Choices: Addo, Eastern Cape | Addo Village, Addo | Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape …

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Quick Addo Fact: Two major environmental issues facing the AENP: extinction and overpopulation, which are interrelated. Since the AENP’s original mission was to reintroduce certain mega-herbivores, like the African elephant and black rhinoceros, primary ecological efforts were made to preserve mammalian species. However, by overlooking the other contributors to this environmental chain, certain plant species have been subjected to overgrazing and trampling, mostly by the elephants of the park. This overgrazing and trampling not only destroys much of the plant life, but also forces it to adapt its physiology to stimuli that are not inherent to its evolutionary progress. Some biologists argue that it is not herbivorization alone that is threatening the flora, but a number of other ecological factors including zoochory and nutrient cycling. Up to 77 species of South African endemic plant species have been listed as “vulnerable to elephant browsing.”

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