KAZA region last hope for 400,000-some elephants

Elephants at Chobe River PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Elephants at Chobe River PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

KASANE: The recent second Giants Club Summit was held here last weekend uniting African leaders with the ultimate goal of protecting half of the continent’s remaining 415,000 elephants by 2020.

Amongst the panel discussions and speeches, various speakers highlighted the importance of investing in the Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA) in order to save elephants, amongst other bigger concerns.

While the Giants Club consists of four countries being Botswana, Uganda, Kenya and Gabon, leaders were not shy to highlight the importance of saving elephants despite KAZA-TFCA being a conservation and development initiative of the governments of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.  

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