and remove the carcasses. while driving to some of the villages situated inside the park it becomes clear there are other problems these a sacks of charcoal made illegally from wood and confiscated by the ranges. i squash the minute that the villagers cut down the trees and destroy the natural habitat the animals are forced to flee end up entering the residential areas which leads to new problems the animals habitat is being destroyed. there are twenty villages in around the park home to nearly six thousand people many residents content to stand the need for such strict conservation laws. so how can the national park foster better relations with local residents that s the question that interests the great from germany together with the ranges they want to convey the message that the park is keen to support local residents one man s lights the
example of another park nearby one shekel feat one at the end of each year the park gives twenty percent of its income to the local community they can then use the money to buy something for the benefit of the entire village. that would be a good model here too and help local people to see tourism as an opportunity to earn money visitors from abroad would also get a taste of the traditional lifestyle of people living in the park. this family profited from the german group and enjoyed the encounter to ok laying out clearly out of it out that there are. but it s all early days yet. it s a drop in the ocean and obviously we re not yet teaching people how to preserve their environment. the volunteers are committed to a long term partnership with the national park and the local community they want to know what other activities could interest visitors like wading through the wetlands
a home for countless pelicans and for which the park is best known for the ostrich they re the only ostrich is in mozambique. the group has found something else of interest is not because. this is an elephant corridor. but when the elephants pass through the area they leave their dung behind. these days the park has no large animals of its own lions buffaloes and rhinos were driven away first by the civil war then by poachers or by going or form it s not that poachers need food that s not a problem right now people have enough to eat. they set these traps because they want to make money. so the park has been a protected area for more than forty years there are stiff penalties for poaches but illegal killing of animals remains a problem it disrupts the ecosystem in the reserve ranges document their findings
. it s just what we need to preserve this to attract tourists. we d like to offer something that other reserves don t have so that people say if we want to see that we need to go to buy you know just support them to the better. but a nighttime safari is one idea the park specializes in small animals here it s not the big five the visitor is unlikely to see from antelopes on a rich variety of banks. that wraps it up for this edition of eco at africa if you want to find out more take a look at our website my name is cheryl mani every goodbye from me here in nairobi kenya and i m now signing up from our border in nigeria don t forget to tune in same time next week for another episode of africa full of grand new ideas for the society and the environment for now and do ticker.
carcasses they left behind. programs like this one are designed to stop the dogs from becoming extinct. the biggest challenge was getting the animals used to each other as they were brought from different parts of the country while they were sedated we rubbed them on to each other. like that when they walk up very slowly the could smell their their scent on the other ducks and then they believe that they were part of the same park they are only one hundred and thirty african wild dogs left in the park over the past twenty years the population has shrunk to one third of its previous size markel has yet to ascertain why it can be disease many carried by domestic dogs or chose rabies and kind ninety s tampa it can be the fact that there is too many competition with other carnivals like lions and but it i not