UN, govt partner to crush poaching, sexanana

Rhinos are among poachers' top targets
Rhinos are among poachers' top targets

GANTSI: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and government are set to undertake a project that aims to stem rampant wildlife trafficking and encroachment of the prosopis shrub (sexanana) in Kgalagadi and Gantsi.

The project is referred to as “Managing the Human-Wildlife Interface to Sustain the Flow of Agro-Ecosystem Services and Prevent Illegal Wildlife Trafficking in Kgalagadi and Gantsi Drylands”. It will be implemented over a five-year period beginning in 2017.

According to UNDP Environment and Climate Change specialist, Oduetse Koboto the project will cost P60 million and is part of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) projects implemented by UNDP and government in various districts.

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