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This book and the workshop that preceded it show a remarkable convergence of ideas and consensus as to the inherent and actualised potential of wildlife, the reasons why this potential remains unfulfilled in some situations and the importance of economic institutions in resolving the problem in realising wildlife’s potential. This convergence was surprising given the highly publicised “rift” between the utilisationist approach prevalent in southern Africa and the preservationist tendencies in East Africa, a rift which it appears, hardly exists at the technical level. While the chapter explaining the background and principles of CAMPFIRE (Child, Chapter 17) described the southern African responses to the disappearance of wildlife, the conclusions it comes to apply equally well to the Kenyan and other situations. Indeed, these lessons respond directly to an appeal by David Western, then Director of the Kenya Wildlife Service, for evidence and information to support a shift towards more pragmatic and economically sound conservation policies in Kenya.
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Child, B. (2000). Application of the Southern African Experience to Wildlife Utilization and Conservation in Kenya and Tanzania. In: Prins, H.H.T., Grootenhuis, J.G., Dolan, T.T. (eds) Wildlife Conservation by Sustainable Use. Conservation Biology Series, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4012-6_21
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