Elephant hunting

Shooting an elephant with an .458 Winchester Magnum is about as heroic as shooting a barn, but trophy hunting can be a socially useful activity (via Café Hayek),

Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd.

From the comments, Sibylle Riedmiller of www.chumbeisland.com replies to a comment on this post:

Answering Peter Gottesman: welcome to check out Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd (CHICOP) in Zanzibar/Tanzania:… it took a lot of struggle and investment, but it works! See our website for details and a summary below…

The Conservancy Movement in Namibia

To follow up on Tim Abbott's comments on private sector wildlife conservation in Namibia, here is a brief article on the subject. There is also a paper by Larrye Chris Weaver and Patricia Skyer, available in html, or as a pdf file.

Private sector wildlife conservation in Africa

One of the hopeful developments in Africa has been the growth of private sector conservation initiatives. Most of it has taken place in South Africa. For an example in Tanzania, visit the Ndarakwai Ranch.

The ranch is located on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. The owners set up the Kilimanjaro Conservancy to maintain a wildlife conservation area.

Somehow elephants seem much larger when you are walking close to them, than when you are sitting watching them from a 4-weel drive vehicle. Ndarakwai is well worth a visit.