Limpopo Business 2019-20 edition
The 2019/20 edition of Limpopo Business is the 11th issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Limpopo Province. Limpopo has several investment and business opportunities. In addition to the regular articles providing insight into each of the key economic sectors of the province, there are special features on various Special Economic Zones (SEZs) which aim to drive industrialization in the province and the initiatives which are further enhancing the tourism offering in Limpopo. News related to mining, agriculture, transport and logistics, education and development finance is carried in overviews of the main economic sectors in the province. To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition, the full content can also be viewed online at www.globalafricanetwork.com Updated information on the Limpopo is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to at https://www.globalafricanetwork.com/subscribe/, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business.
The 2019/20 edition of Limpopo Business is the 11th issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Limpopo Province.
Limpopo has several investment and business opportunities. In addition to the regular articles providing insight into each of the key economic sectors of the province, there are special features on various Special Economic Zones (SEZs) which aim to drive industrialization in the province and the initiatives which are further enhancing the tourism offering in Limpopo.
News related to mining, agriculture, transport and logistics, education and development finance is carried in overviews of the main economic sectors in the province.
To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition, the full content can also be viewed online at www.globalafricanetwork.com Updated information on the Limpopo is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to at https://www.globalafricanetwork.com/subscribe/, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business.
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INTERVIEW<br />
Moving more<br />
Giants<br />
Project aims to translocate 300 elephants.<br />
The second translocation of elephants<br />
from the Venetia <strong>Limpopo</strong> Nature Reserve<br />
(VLNR) in South Africa to Zinave National<br />
Park in Mozambique has taken place.<br />
The first herds of elephants made the 1 700km<br />
road journey to Zinave in the last week of June <strong><strong>20</strong>19</strong>.<br />
The final herds arrived at Zinave on 11 July, bringing<br />
the total number of elephants moved in <strong><strong>20</strong>19</strong> to 53.<br />
During the first phase of the project, 48 elephants<br />
were translocated. These elephants, moved in family<br />
groups, consisted of matriarchs, younger males and<br />
females, and calves. Those elephants have been<br />
seen integrating with other herds at Zinave and<br />
have been thriving with more space and food now<br />
available to them.<br />
The translocation is part of a major conservation<br />
effort – “Moving Giants” – that aims to move some<br />
<strong>20</strong>0 elephants over three years to secure the future<br />
of the VLNR, which was under threat due to too<br />
many elephants affecting the broader ecosystem,<br />
and to help repopulate Mozambique’s elephant<br />
population.<br />
VLNR is partnering with Peace Parks Foundation,<br />
a transfrontier conservation organisation whose<br />
aim is to re-establish, renew and preserve<br />
large functional ecosystems, and Conservation<br />
Solutions, experts in wildlife management whose<br />
team manage the challenging logistics and<br />
veterinary care of the elephants throughout the<br />
process. Peace Parks co-manage Zinave National<br />
Park with the Mozambique government and have<br />
ongoing responsibility for the wellbeing of the<br />
elephants.<br />
Werner Myburgh, CEO, Peace Parks Foundation,<br />
said, “The future of the African elephant is bleak in<br />
most parts of Africa, except for the southern Africa<br />
region where the outlook on their population<br />
numbers are stable and even, in some cases,<br />
increasing. Zinave National Park in Mozambique<br />
is one of these places and brings hope as a new<br />
founder population is on the rise.”<br />
Anglo American is backing up its investment in<br />
the elephant translocation initiative by providing<br />
Peace Parks with a further US$500 000 investment<br />
from the Anglo American Foundation to enhance<br />
and extend anti-poaching support measures. Peace<br />
Parks has been working with local communities<br />
to ensure that the introduction of the elephants<br />
to the park has a positive impact for their human<br />
neighbours.<br />
57 LIMPOPO BUSINESS <strong><strong>20</strong>19</strong>/<strong>20</strong>
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