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Series exploring the complex interface between a growing human population and wildlife

Monty Don presents a series exploring the complex interface between a growing human population and wildlife

Shared Planet: Elephant Poaching in Africa

Elephant Poaching in Africa

24/09/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Shared Planet, Elephant Poaching in Africa

With the illegal trade in ivory on the up, what is the future for Africa's elephants?

With ivory poaching in Africa now becoming more criminalised and organised, what is the future for Africa's elephants and is this now a matter of saving Africa's heritage?

Monty Don presents Shared Planet, the series that looks at the crunch point between human population and the natural world. In this programme a field report from Saba Douglas-Hamilton of Save the Elephants from the Samburu National Park in Kenya. Saba sees first-hand the sight of an elephant shot for its ivory. From Kenya, Monty Don explores some of the wider issues in Africa with David Western, Chairman of the Africa Conservation Centre in Kenya, ex Director of the Kenyan Wildlife Service and Adjunct Professor at University of California, San Diego. With many commentators and scientists saying the end markets for ivory are too large to supply from legally traded ivory, what argument will save elephants from the huge market incentive to kill elephants for their ivory?

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