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What does it take to rewild 2,000 southern white rhinos across Africa? African Parks, a conservation organization managing
national parks across the continent, is leading this effort.
African Parks aims to secure a safe future for 12% of the world's remaining white rhinos by translocating the recently acquired
animals from John Hume's controversial Platinum Rhino breeding project. Now, the organization plans to rewild all 2,000 rhinos,
moving 300 annually to safe spaces across the continent. “Our aim is to de-risk rhinos by establishing up to 20 subpopulations
across the continent, each with no fewer than 50 rhinos,” says Don Jooste, manager of African Parks’ Rhino Rewild project.
Earlier this year, African Parks successfully relocated 120 rhinos to private reserves managed by the Greater Kruger Environmental
Protection Foundation, chosen for their strong anti-poaching measures and suitable environments. The organization now aims to
replicate this success with the remaining rhinos, ensuring each one finds a secure home.
The challenges are significant — from natural predators and disease to the ongoing threat of poaching driven by the high demand
for rhino horn in Asia. As this ambitious project continues, the success of these translocations depends on finding and securing
more safe spaces. With careful planning and collaboration, this initiative could be a crucial step forward in rhino conservation.
Read the full article, which is part of Mongabay’s Conservation Solutions series.
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AS AMAZONIAN RIVERS RECEDE UNDER DROUGHT, MANATEES ARE LEFT EXPOSED TO POACHING
* Increasingly prolonged and intense droughts in the Amazon pose a deadly threat to the native Amazonian manatee, lowering river
levels that expose these giant aquatic mammals to poachers.
* Conservationists warn that more frequent droughts will intensify manatee poaching, banned in 1967 (although manatee meat is
still widely consumed across the Amazon) and still a major threat to the already vulnerable population.
* Experts urge stronger law enforcement to curb the sale and consumption of manatee meat, while conservation efforts focus on
educating communities on the importance of the mammal to the biome.
* Despite the persistence of poaching, conservation and enforcement actions appear to have helped reverse the decline in the
manatee population, although comprehensive population estimates aren’t available.
* Read more.
HOW A FUN WOMEN’S GATHERING LED TO SMALL WILDCAT CONSERVATION IN PERU’S ANDES
* Habitat loss due to deforestation of Polylepis forests is increasing the incidence of human-wildlife conflict between
communities and threatened feline species such as the Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita), puma (Puma concolor) and pampas or
Peruvian desert cat (Leopardus garleppi) in the central Andes of Peru.
* A pioneering new Indigenous women-led citizen science conservation project in the Ayacucho region of Central Peru aims to
obtain baseline data on wildcats and mitigate human-wildlife conflict.
* At first, local women were quite bemused by the project, but they’ve slowly began to weave it into their lives, and find it
enjoyable community space they can claim ownership over where men do not dominate.
* Since the start of the project, there’s been a reduction in puma and wildcat attacks on livestock and attitudes toward the
animals are changing within the community.
* Read more.
IN BALI, WATER TEMPLE PRIESTS GUIDE A SUSTAINABLE RICE PRODUCTION SYSTEM
* Subak is an ancient rice irrigation system developed in line with the Balinese philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, which holds that
human well-being is maintained by balance between people, nature and the gods.
* Water distribution is controlled by a series of water temples and priests who schedule planting, harvesting and fallow cycles
in consultation with farming communities.
* Water is a central tenet of the traditional Balinese religion, Agama Tirtha, but the tourism industry that’s the bedrock of
Bali’s economy is putting intense pressure on this resource.
* Read more.
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