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FT: SA proposes a controversial medical tourism plan involving rhino horns
South Africa has unveiled a controversial biodiversity strategy, proposing to allow medical tourism using rhino horn powder and aiming for economic benefits...
South Africa has unveiled a controversial biodiversity strategy, proposing to allow medical tourism using rhino horn powder and aiming for economic benefits, particularly for Black communities historically excluded from wildlife industries. The plan includes increasing game meat consumption and plant trade, expanding game ranches, and increasing conservation lands. While divisive, the strategy seeks to incentivize conservation and economic growth, sparking debates on the balance between conservation ethics and economic incentives.
By David Pilling in Hoedspruit, South Africa
Controversial biodiversity strategy aims to extract economic value in new ways to benefit Black communities
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