Big Life Foundation - AVOCADOS VS ELEPHANTS
2020年9月24日 · How an avocado farm could be the catalyst that leads to the demise of the Amboseli Ecosystem. There had been no warning of what was …
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Avocados v elephants: Is the green gold putting wildlife at risk?
- But now, according to local conservation groups, even these corridors are threatened, in one case at least, by a superfood. Avocados are green gold, popular around the world and indeed so valuable that in Latin America they have become a commodityfor drug cartels. In Kenya, with its ideal growing conditions, farmers are keen to legitimately cash in...
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From poaching to the planting of avocadoes, how the threat to …
Avocado farming has become very lucrative business as the fruit grows in popularity in the western world. It is increasingly being conducted in lands that were once safely used by …
Avocados: The latest threat to Kenya's majestic elephants
A turf war has erupted over a 180-acre (73-hectare) avocado farm near Amboseli, one of Kenya's premier national parks, where elephants and other wildlife graze against the striking backdrop ...
From poaching to avocados, Kenya’s elephants face new threat
Elephant or Avocado: A Kenyan Dilemma as Agri Firm Prepares to …
2021年3月3日 · With ideal conditions for growing the fruit, Kenya’s avocado export revenues surged 33% to 14 billion Kenyan shillings (about $127 million) in the year to October 2020, …
Kenya's elephants face new threat from avocados
2021年3月18日 · A turf war has erupted over a 72ha avocado farm near Amboseli, one of Kenya's premier national parks, where elephants and other wildlife graze against the striking backdrop of Africa's highest...
HOW MANY ELEPHANTS IS AN AVOCADO WORTH?
2020年12月6日 · In a matter of days, the machines cleared 180 acres of wildlife habitat, reducing it to bare earth in preparation for its future inhabitants: avocado trees. A new battle for the Greater Amboseli ecosystem has begun, one of …
A turf war has erupted over a 180-acre (73-hectare) avocado farm near Amboseli, one of Kenya's premier national parks, where elephants and other wildlife graze against the striking backdrop …
How Kenya's Avocado Exports Harm Elephants
2021年3月9日 · With its numbers heading straight up, Kenya became Africa’s biggest avocado exporter: It all adds up to the incentive to grow more avocados. Our Bottom Line: The Tragedy of the Commons
