We are generally used to hearing positive things about conservation efforts and wildlife preservation. But imagine a four-ton elephant ramming through an electric fence and trampling your crops or a lion on the hunt for your cattle. These are very real issues for people who live on and work the land surrounding the 2-million hectare, world-renowned Kruger National Park (KNP) in South Africa. On sabbatical for the 2013-2014 academic year, CEU Environmental Sciences and Policy Associate Professor Brandon Anthony returned to his adopted South Africa to partner with KNP and local communities to develop a compensation scheme for farmers who lose livestock to predators originating from the park.
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