Dear friends of conservation, for many of you that have followed and sponsored DAPU please see last years financials / conclusions. It also includes a 10 year summary of its successes as well as its challenges. Thank you
Buzz, The report was very informative and your success is commendable to all involved. I fully agree with all that DAPU is doing and agree that it is critical for conservation and biodiversity. But, I have a question and hope that you can help me understand a bit better:
In situations like you experienced in 2019, with the drought and crop failure, what can local communities do to stay fed? What motivates them to NOT poach when in some instances they may just be trying to feed their families. I appreciate your input.
Thanks for the message - This is the real African dilemma! Starvation combined with poor governance does lead to people been forced to poach and we have seen that with our snare count as well as number of poachers arrested.
However what do you do as if you turn a blind eye we would loose all the gains we have made in the last 10 years.
Ironically as much as African government like to have a go at USA , USA aid plays a major role in handing out foot supplies to the villagers.
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Quick question, are all donors listed? I would have thought that such a noble effort would be better supported by donors based on the conservation minded folks that undoubtedly pass through your camps. Nonetheless, I’m very impressed that you are putting your money where your mouth is and self funding. BTW, I haven’t forgotten that I owe you an email.
Buzz thanks for the great write up of our foundation. You and Myles are the best of the best and I am proud to work with you guys!! Hopefully we will do more great things this year.. Dave Katzenstein AKA Dangerous Dave
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