Pie in the sky — why South Africa’s Draft Elephant Heritage Strategy won’t work

Pie in the sky — why South Africa’s Draft Elephant Heritage Strategy won’t work

By Adam Cruise - Daily Maverick The draft strategy is skewed in favour of anthropocentric benefits – economic, spiritual and cultural – and cannot function in practical terms. South Africa’s Draft National Elephant Heritage Strategy, which closed to public comment at the end of February, demands that South Africa’s elephants must depend on human social and economic development for their future survival. While there is a nod to the spiritual and …