Beyond the Safari

The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa, as protected areas become battlegrounds over history, human rights, and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss. Mongabay’s Special Issue goes beyond the region’s world-renowned safaris to examine how rural communities and governments are reckoning with conservation’s colonial origins, and trying to forge a path forward for the 21st century.

The colonial ghosts of Uganda’s ‘Queen Elizabeth’ park

As Africa eyes protected areas expansion of 1 million square miles, concerns over enforcement persist

For Ugandan farmers, good fences make good neighbors — of elephants

Park rangers enforce deadly violence in Uganda

‘Killed while poaching’: When wildlife enforcement blurs into violence

‘Like you, I fear the demise of the elephants’

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