Posted by Botswana Safari News on March 13, 2019 | 1 comment
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism Kitso Mokaila
has revealed that underfire President Mokgweetsi Masisi will soon call an
elephant summit in Kasane to be attended by members of the Kavango Zambezi
Transfrontier Park to discuss ways of controlling the marauding elephants.
Mokaila explained that the summit is one of Presidents
Masisi strategies to find a solution to the problems posed by elephants in Botswana
and the region.
Masisi’s move may be
seen as a departure from the former President Ian
Khama administration which had become impatient with the progress on KAZA.Former Minister of
Environment Tshekedi Khama once accused neighbors of failing to fulfill their
obligations in the development of KAZA, which is a regional initiative meant to
promote the free cross-border movement and conservation of wildlife in
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Angola.
KAZA is viewed by conservationists
as a solution to the elephant numbers in Botswana.
The Elephant Protection Initiative, championed by Ian Khama certainly recognized ecosystem connectivity and the KAZA in particular as indispensable to de-pressurizing Botswana's elephant range.
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