Elephant boom in southern Africa sparks conservation wins – and human-wildlife tensions

 

(Posted 14th July 2025)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

 

Gift Msipa, Modern Ghana (Ghana), July 2025
Southern Africa’s booming elephant population – now over 230,000 – marks a global conservation success, but it’s also fueling rising human-wildlife conflict across the region. Zimbabwe, at the center of this growth, is struggling to balance ecological triumph with community safety and sustainability. Zimbabwe’s elephant population has grown steadily over the past decade, thanks to intensive national and regional conservation strategies.
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