Tag Archives: Africa

Game Over in Africa? II. Last Best Chance for Wildlife

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Martyn Murray

With pressure building for African land, coupled with parks that lack legitimacy in the eyes of local people, declining government investment in their management, booming prices for wildlife products, poaching and the never-ending tales of bribery and corruption (sister blog), … Continue reading →

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Game Over in Africa? I. Empty Forests, Silent Plains

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Martyn Murray

Studying UN projections on population trends a few weeks ago, my world view on the future of African wildlife took a severe dent from which, I fear, it may never recover. What the dry numbers indicated were that the number … Continue reading →

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Serengeti shall not die—but how?

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Martyn Murray

A BBC documentary on the Serengeti National Park (available here until midnight 30 June 2011) pitches a now familiar story. National Parks were created by Western minded naturalists without regard for the traditional rights of local people. In the case … Continue reading →

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Pathways and Barriers to Nature

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Martyn Murray

Earlier this month Charles Clover wrote (The Sunday Times, 3 October 2010) : Martyn Murray, author of a new book, The Storm Leopard, is an ecologist who learnt his trade in Africa. He went back to assess the truth of … Continue reading →

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