Brandon Anthony is a contributing author to 'Elephant Management: A Scientific Assessment for South Africa', which aims to evaluate the large amount of information regarding South African elephants and provide a clear, scientific picture of the state of our current knowledge at multiple scales: small- medium- and large conservation areas. This assessment will also identify and evaluate the policy and management options while including economic agendas, and socio-cultural aspirations, including those of rural communities which often bear the direct costs of damage caused by elephants.
The management of South Africa's elephants is a lightning-rod for a wide range of associated values-based policy issues, and this assessment may pave a way to better resolution of this type of issue. The Assessment, published in 2008 by Wits University Press, is the first of its kind, and as such will be of interest to a broad range of readers, including not only conservation policymakers and practitioners in South Africa and Africa, but also postgraduate students in many parts of the world, researchers and academics, conservation NGOs, interested stakeholders, and members of the public.
The assessment is available at: http://researchspace.csir.co.za/dspace/bitstream/10204/2983/1/Scholes_20...
