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The Kruger to Canyons (K2C) Biosphere Region Conference

August 4, 2017 Ron Thomson 293 Views 1 Comment Dr. Rocco Knobel, Ron Thomson. CEO. The TRUE GREEN ALL, SANParks, The Greater Kruger National Park Development Debate, The Kruger to Canyons (K2C), The loss of “more than” 95 percent of Kruger’s top canopy trees has also reduced “plant cover”

The Greater Kruger National Park Development Debate 11th and 12th July 2013. Hoedspruit. South Africa.        Conference Vision: “Partnering to

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Kruger Park’s biological diversity is in serious trouble! 8.

March 25, 2017May 25, 2017 Ron Thomson 625 Views 1 Comment ANPark’s scientists, elephant population will then collapse, emotional hyperbole used for the purpose of extracting large sums of money from a gullible public, Kruger National Park, much reduced., Ngamiland, Ron Thomson. CEO. The TRUE GREEN ALLIANCE, Satara Top Canopy Tree study area were left intact, sustainable habitat carrying capacity, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, The sustainable habitat carrying capacity (for elephants) is now, there is no elephant population management system in place in Kruger National Park at this time, therefore, top scientist Dr Sam Ferreira

Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (8) When an elephant population is expanding – and, for simplicity’s sake, doubling its

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Kruger Park’s biological diversity is in serious trouble! Part 7.

March 22, 2017May 25, 2017 Ron Thomson 430 Views 0 Comments Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (7), excessive numbers of elephants, perennial plants, wildlife manager

Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (7) I would like you now to imagine that the perennial plants which grow

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Kruger Park’s biological diversity is in serious trouble! Part 6.

March 20, 2017May 25, 2017 Ron Thomson 541 Views 0 Comments back to the original sigmoid-curve graph, Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (6), elephants are very resilient creatures, management of excessive elephant populations, Ron Thomson. CEO. The TRUE GREEN ALL, the maximum SAFE “saturation” point

Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (6) Here we are (Figure 4) back to the original sigmoid-curve graph that depicts

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Kruger Park’s biological diversity is in serious trouble! Part 5.

March 19, 2017May 25, 2017 Ron Thomson 484 Views 0 Comments “SAFE” elephant populations, bull-to-cow sex ratio, Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (5), rationale about managing excessive elephant populations and the justification for reducing them by at least 50 percent, Ron Thomson. CEO. The TRUE GREEN ALL, shelter and lebensraum resources, Without this understanding, you will never fully grasp the principles and practices of elephant management

Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (5) In Blog 3 on this subject, I said that I would explain the

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Kruger Park’s biological diversity is in serious trouble! Part 4.

March 18, 2017May 25, 2017 Ron Thomson 608 Views 0 Comments Chizarira, Gonarezhou, Hwange, Kruger National Park, Matusadona, Ron Thomson, The True Green Alliance, wildlife sanctuaries

Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (4) In Blog 3 on this subject, I said that I would explain the

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Kruger Park’s biological diversity is in serious trouble! Part 3.

March 12, 2017May 25, 2017 Ron Thomson 982 Views 6 Comments Kruger National Park’s elephant population, top canopy trees

Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (3) In the last blog in this series (No.2.) we determined that during the

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Kruger Park’s biological diversity is in serious trouble! Part 2

March 10, 2017May 25, 2017 Ron Thomson 1365 Views 4 Comments 7000 became their annual culling target, canopy trees, Culling - a management process, elephant culling programme, Kruger Park’s biological diversity is in serious trouble!, SANParks, Satara top canopy tree count was down to 6 trees per hectare, shade dependent plants, the first cull took place in 1967, top canopy trees

Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (2) Today’s blog starts off with the acknowledgement that, in the first blog, we

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Elephant Management in Kruger National Park Series1-8 

Kruger Park’s biological diversity is in serious trouble! Part 1.

March 7, 2017May 25, 2017 Ron Thomson 1263 Views 8 Comments by culling, Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (1), elephant population doubles its numbers every 10 years, hat has happened to Kruger’s elephants from 1955, Kruger elephant population was reduced, Kruger National Park, Kruger National Park elephant population, Kruger’s elephant population was considerably in excess of 7000, Letaba-Olifants river junction area, Private Elephant Owners in Pilanesberg Game Reserve, The True Green Alliance

Elephant Management in Kruger National Park (1). Elephant management in Kruger has been a perpetual worry for me because I

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