Man vs wildlife: a balancing act
Roelof Bezuidenhout reacts to a recent Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) fact sheet dealing with human impact on wildlife and its ecological fallout...
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So great is the focus on the plight of the rhino, elephant and other iconic animals that the importance of conserving general biodiversity is often ignored by the public and politicians. Wildlife losses directly and indirectly affect vital ecological processes that support biodiversity. For example, the loss of certain large wildlife species can retard forest regeneration when seed is not dispersed, while loss of key predators can increase herbivore numbers, resulting in habitat damage and human-wildlife conflict.
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