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KwaZulu-Natal

10,000 Birds

After one 3 year stint, they left with 131,405 specimens including birds, mammals, reptiles, plants and even human remains (which were only recently repatriated for burial in Africa!) Rudd’s Apalis is a restricted range species that occurs along the Zululand coastal belt. Image by Hugh Chittenden. Image by Hugh Chittenden.

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We Should Kill More Lions

10,000 Birds

Criterion (x): The reserve has a higher density and diversity of species than any other Miombo woodland area: more than 2,100 plants have been recorded and more are thought to exist in the remote forests in the south. In fact, managing an area so you can shoot some antelope an the occasional lion doesn’t just protect those species.

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