Rewilding South Africa

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“Rewilding is a new and functional concept through which already degraded areas are improved by introducing and managing species
of plants and animals that were initially present and may in the future help to stabilise habitats currently being altered by climate change.
We anticipate a slow and steady move towards improved biodiversity and sustainability in these habitats,” says Dr Peter Oberem.
Associate editor Dr Pamela Oberem adds, “Conservation is everyone’s legacy and concern. Government can enable and assist the
rewilding process by eliminating restrictive bureaucracy on various aspects of wildlife management.”
The increasing focus on the ‘wildness’ of our ecosystems, species and genetic resources is an encouraging one, and a significant
outcome of COP 15, which is ‘rewilding’ global diversity policy, according to the African Wildlife Economy Institute’s director Dr Francis
Vorhies, an expert contributor to REWILDING SOUTHERN AFRICA