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media type="custom" key="26175934" align="right"Africa / Africa Wildlife, Biodiversity, Parks and Protected Areas
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Headlines
[|Ecotourism and protected areas in Southern Africa] - [|@SueSnyman] [|@iucn] http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/comment/We-don-t-have-to-choose-between-modernisation-and-wildlife--/-/434750/2726778/-/fgiqr9z/-/index.html [|First Pan African conference on Sustainable Tourism in African National Parks] [|Questionable-ethics-wildlife-tourism-south-africa]

Flickr
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Flickr Groups
[|Addo Elephant National Park]

Blogs
[|Wildlife Spotting]

Facebook
[|consortiumcafe2015] [|DAKTARI Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage] []

Twitter
[|@AfricanConserve] [|@SANParks] [|@SANParksKNP] [|@Zimparks] [|@MartinHeigan] [|@AfricanConserve] [|@TFPD_SA] [|@anna_spenceley] [|@SueSnyman] [|@cafeconsortium] [|@FAPBM]

Storify
[|gma in africa]

Livestreaming Wildebeest Migration
http://www.discoverafrica.com/herdtrackerlive https://www.facebook.com/DiscoverAfrica [|@HerdTracker] [|@MakeItKenya]

Track Africa's great wildebeest migration. Broadcasting live from the Maasai Mara 29 Sep - 5 Oct 2015 [] http://www.makeitkenya.com
 * 1) MaraLive

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Listening
[|Game Changer] - How best to protect the world’s stock of wild animals, the so-called Big Five - lion, elephant, leopard, hippo and rhino - together with all the related animals that comprise the incomparable eco-system of Africa? Are we humans, with our new-found care and dedication, helping or hindering?

Elsewhere on the Web
http://papaco.org - []

http://greatplainsconservation.com - https://twitter.com/GreatPlainsCons https://twitter.com/dereckbeverly https://www.flickr.com/photos/great_plains_conservation

ULINZI AFRICA FOUNDATION is a new Kenyan not-for-profit organization. East Africa’s first non-profit that aims to bring a heightenedawareness on the challenge s faced by rangers on the ground in the fight against poaching, ULINZI AFRICA FOUNDATION is dedicated to working together with governmental, non-governmental, private and public stakeholders to lend greater support to the men and women in the frontlines . Through sound conservation and innovative research and outreach projects, ULINZI AFRICA FOUNDATION remains committed to working in partnership with governmental, non-governmental, and community bodies to achieve sustainable and flourishing ecosystems  in Africa.

https://www.facebook.com/Ulinzi-Africa-Foundation-379643615553301

Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area
The [|Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, or KAZA TFCA], is potentially the world’s largest conservation area, spanning five southern African countries; Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, centred around the Caprivi-Chobe-Victoria Falls area.

Peace Parks
http://www.peaceparks.org [|Five presidents sign a treaty to establish the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA)]
 * [|/Ai /Ais-Richtersveld]
 * [|Kgalagadi]
 * [|Greater Mapungubwe]
 * [|Maloti-Drakensberg]
 * [|Great Limpopo]
 * [|Lubombo]
 * [|Malawi / Zambia]
 * [|Kavango-Zambezi]
 * [|Lower Zambezi - Mana Pools]
 * [|Liuwa Plains - Mussuma]

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South African National Parks
(see more links on south africa links)

South African visitors comprise 75.8% of total visitors to national parks. http://www.sanparks.org/about/news/default.php?id=55520

[|SANParks] - [|Forums] - [|Map] - [|Facebook] - [|Twitter] [|Cape Floral Region Protected Areas World Heritage Site] [|Kruger National Park] [|Tsitsikamma National Park] [|South African National Parks] [|Bird Island Group Marine Protected Area] Tankwa Karoo National Park - [|Facebook] [] http://www.wildcard.co.za

South Africa 2022
[|SANParks makes public its Ten Year Responsible Tourism Strategy] [] (PDF) http://www.pmg.org.za/files/doc/2012/120821sanpark-.pdf (PDF)

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Uganda
Uganda has ten national parks ,12 wildlife reserves and 14 wildlife sanctuaries managed by [|Uganda Wildlife Authority] which was established in August 1996. The parks offer savanna safaris along with boat tours, forest hikes, mountain climbing and wildlife research. [|Facebook]; Twitter: [|@ugwildlife]

[|List of Protected Areas in Uganda - Wikipedia] [|Uganda - Protected Planet]

Parks
[|african world heritage sites]

Big Five
[|Big Five Game] is a term coined by the hunting fraternity in Africa to refer to the five animals said to be most dangerous to hunt: [|Rhinoceros], [|Leopard], [|Cape Buffalo], [|Elephant] and [|Lion]. The term is still used in most tourist and wildlife guides.

Birds
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Fish
Coelacanth

Dassie
[|Dassie]

Kudu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudu

Lemur
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Meerkat
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Ostrich
[|The Ostrich], (Struthio camelus), is a large flightless bird native to Africa. It is the only living species of its family, Struthionidae**.**

Rhino
rhinos

Sardine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardine_run

Warthog
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Whales
http://www.pinterest.com/MeetSouthAfrica/whale-watching/

Plants: Rooibos
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Trees
[|Mossel Bay]: The Post Office Tree is an ancient milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme) that’s become one of Mossel Bay’s favourite tourist attractions.

Calodendrum capense (Cape Chestnut) [|www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/calodendcape.htm]

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baobab

FYI The average mature male ostrich stands 2.8 meters tall. The Baobab tree can store up to 1,000 litres of water in its trunk

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