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Managing wildlife successfully in Zimbabwe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Graham Child
Graham Child
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Graham Child, 11A Old Catton Road, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe's approach to wildlife conservation started to change radically just over 30 years ago. Recognition of the fact that wildlife will only survive outside protected areas if the people who share the habitat are given responsibility for and derive benefits from wildlife has had positive effects for the conservation of the macrofauna. The author, the country's former Director of National Parks and Wild Life Management, describes the history of wildlife management in Zimbabwe and how the new approach is working.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 171 - 177
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1995

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