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On the corridors of the plush Avani Hotel in Livingstone, Zambia, Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE caught up with Italian expert conservationist Marco Pani from Conservation Force, whose services to the Botswana government include providing assistance on elephant management plan and wildlife technical documents

LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA: Marco Pani had attended the just-ended inaugural KAZA Heads of State Summit in the tourism town of Livingstone where various issues of conservation took centre stage.

He opened up the conversation with the line, “ I belong to an organisation called Conservation Force, which is a conservation organisation that promotes hunting, fishing as a conservation tool.”

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