Dutch Caribbean Conservationist Tadzio Bervoets Joins Rhino Conservation Project in South Africa Published: 06 July 2021
Johannesburg: - Dutch Caribbean Conservationist Tadzio Bervoets recently participated in a rhinoceros conservation project in the Waterberg region of South Africa. Bervoets, invited as a part of an exchange program for conservation practitioners that are involved with the protection of highly endangered species, participated in a ten-day conservation and anti-poaching program with the Dabchick Conservancy in the Limpopo district.
“Due to my work with endangered species in the Caribbean, specifically with Sharks and Sea Turtles, I have had the opportunity to spend time on the frontline of species conservation globally. The pressures experienced by sharks and rhinos are similar; the sale of rhino horn and shark fin to the Asian market is both driven by greed and has elements of the criminal underworld involved. It was interesting to see how loc