African wildlife conservation?

Question

what are some past things done for Africa's wildlife conservation? What were some past solutions? What were some benefits?

Answer 1

Just about the only Places in Africa today that have animals which are protected to a certain extent ,are the Nature reserves both private and National.(And farms that are sympathetic to the Fauna)

The tourists pay for the up keep ,which means fencing, helping animals in trouble.

My Brother who has Game Lodges in Africa tells me that,

it cost about R5 million (rands) to get the concession for Tinga (the game reserve) and that money went straight back to the National Parks Board.They then pay 10% of all profits to the National Parks Board. So it is a good income stream for them. On top of that they run training programs for locals in all sorts of things, including game rangering, tracking etc.

They are also very strict in environmental damage etc, No trees are allowed to be cut, not even dead wood removed for fires etc,no off road driving except for leopard or lion tracking, and then they have to repair any damage done So the whole concept is very environmentally friendly.

And Nature and the local inhabitant benefit a greatly from their presence.

To just close Nature from interference has proved to be impossible ,one cannot fence and guard everything.

Although Nature is not always defenseless to unarmed intruders ,on the border of Kruger Park,many migrants are eaten by lions as they try to cross into South Africa.

But some intruders come heavily armed with sophisticated modern weapons,They in turn are hunted by soldiers Paid by Eco tourism.

Eco tourism is just about the only chance Nature has got.

Bring people close to nature to ooh and ahh at and they will leave their money behind to further its existence.

You have to understand that in these places the visitors have very limited access to the reserve,

The tourists stay mostly in the lodges drinking cocktails and watching the elephants walk by from a safe distance,since the lodges are build in strategic places such as near watering holes,or they go on safari rides

A fraction of the parks is actually breeched.Such as Serengetti,Kruger,Wankie game reserve and many others.

And yes there will always exist situations of bad management and/or abuse ,this applies to all situations in our civilized societies as well

And in some places people are allowed to get away with abusing the place by littering ,but that has to be under the managements control.

The places i know come down extremely heavy on offenders ,The people who go on hikes in my friends places in South Africa carry their trash out with them ,and if they don`t they can be send back to get it .

This is avoided by not allowing people to go of alone and at all times must be accompanied by guides and they must pay for them.

There are unscrupulous reserve owners who let

rich stupid pseudo hunters kill drugged lions for incredible fees and call it trophy hunting .

But these are hated by every one else and there are not many of them.

Most professional hunters have changed their guns for cameras and are now working on behalf of the Animals they used to hunt .

The world today is a different world ,than 50 years ago

Answer 2

Many things were done, and one major one was getting tourists.  They pay money to see the animals, which in turn goes into use for conserving.  The creation of national parks was very useful, too.