Botswana Human-Wildlife Conflict nears crisis mode
South African news broadcaster eNCA’s Gerhard Pretorius recently travelled across Botswana to file this story. The Human-Wildlife Conflict in Botswana…
Category: Hunting/Poaching
Alarm raised as elephants invade Khama Rhino Sanctuary
Herds of elephants have repeatedly broken into the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, flattening its boundary fence in order to access food…
Lift The Hunting Ban, Save Botswana’s Elephants
Today’s Wall Street Journal (June 19) carried an edifying op-ed penned by Mokgweetsi Masisi, the President of Botswana. That Southern…
Why we lifted the ban on elephant hunting – President Mokgweetsi Masisi
Following the international media storm since the Botswana government announced the decision to lift the ban on elephant hunting, His…
KAZA members back Botswana’s elephant management plans
Partner countries in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area have thrown their weight behind Botswana’s management plans on elephants, which includes…
Kasane Elephant Summit kicks off
The Government of Botswana through the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism on Friday kicked off this year’s…
Wildlife vet: the Botswana elephant debate is actually about a bigger conservation issue
Botswana elephants – to trophy hunt and cull, or not? The current international furore over a Botswana government White Paper (discussion…
Shedding light on Botswana’s anti-poaching efforts – from past until present
A dark cloud hovers over the small nation of Botswana. It is neither one likely to cheer up farmers nor…
What to do with 130,000 elephants? – Environment Chamber supports Botswana’s course on elephant populations
A Sub Committee appointed by President Masisi of Botswana recently made its recommendations in a White Paper regardingBotswana’s hunting ban…
Elephant management expert applauds the new Botswana President – His Excellency Mokgweetsi Masisi
The CEO of the True Green Alliance in South Africa, Ron Thomson – a veteran African game warden and elephant…
Government committed to ending human-wildlife conflict… co-existence strategy on the cards
President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi says the government is committed to effectively tackling Botswana’s longstanding human-wildlife conflict issue. Addressing the Botswana…
Opinion by human-wildlife conflict specialist: Botswana has found her voice about elephants – but will we listen?
Botswana elephants – to trophy hunt and cull, or not? The current international furore over a Botswana government White Paper…
The cost of the HUNTING BAN to the government
As the global furore against Botswana on whether to cull or not to cull its exploding elephant population continues…
5 Things You May Not Know About Human – Wildlife Conflict in Botswana
Botswana has a population of about 2.2 million people and an estimated 134,000 elephants, the largest population of elephants in…
No decision taken on Hunting Ban
Following the global fallout regarding Botswana’s Hunting Ban, the government this week released a statement stating that no decision has…
Cabinet sub-committee recommends lifting hunting ban, culling elephants
Former President Ian Khama’s fortress in the tourism industry, which disproportionately benefits few of his friends to the detriment of…
Chobe residents support lifting of the hunting ban
Chobe District residents have expressed support for the lifting of the hunting ban. Kgosi Bafedile Lesoma said at a kgotla…
Mokgweetsi Masisi: We have a responsibility to solve conflict between animals and humans
Kedibonye (not her real name) — who lives in the village of Lesoma, situated in the Chobe Enclave in the…
Following elephant killings allegations, Botswana mulls lifting hunting ban
Botswana launched a review on Wednesday of a 2014 hunting ban imposed to reverse a decline in elephants and other…
Botswana intensifies fight against rhino poaching
Botswana law enforcement agencies are intensifying patrols after a dead white rhino was discovered in the lower reaches of the…