Portraits in Conservation Eastern and Southern Africa

Many brave and dedicated men and women are making a difference in African conservation today. Portraits in Conservation: Eastern and Southern Africa follows the careers of leading conservationists such as Ian Player and Magqubu Ntombela (above), who helped create the Operation Rhino program in the Umfolozi Game Reserve, and the Krauses, who left successful careers in the United States to begin the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia. Much of the work done by these pioneers is village based, involving the entire community in nature conservation. Although their individual causes are different, each conservationist is striving to find a balanced and interactive relationship among people, wildlife, and the environment. Through these individual portraits, the reader gains a picture of the new, post-colonial approach to nature conservation that is gradually taking hold throughout the sub-Saharan regions of Africa.