Biodiversity Conservation

We’ve put a lot of effort into restoring and preserving the historic biodiversity of the reserve. There have been successes, and also a few failures, all of which have, in the very least, been turned into valuable lessons.

The challenges associated with the restocking and reintroduction phase are largely over, and now our managers need to prevent carrying capacity over-shoots and the associated damage to the vegetation that occurs as a result.

This is difficult because safe destinations for surplus animals are becoming increasingly rare in Zimbabwe. Large tracts of previously wild land have been taken over by human settlement, making it all the more important to protect and preserve the wild areas we do have left.