Our Wild World

With my Guests Tim Snow in S. Africa and Mark Paxton in Namibia, we discuss the consequences of negative actions on wildlife and their environs through poisoning, and the upcoming workshop to address the issues. Over the past 50 years, the human population has doubled and global agricultural production has risen in tandem. With Increased use of pesticides, we largely do not understand the full impact of unintended side effects on wildlife. We know also that poachers seek quick, quiet and easy methods, so poisoning with pesticides is escalating exponentially. Similarly, predator and wildlife conflicts cost money, damage crops and sometimes endanger human lives so farmers may resort to indiscriminate illegal poisoning, upsetting environmental balances and leading to unexpected consequences. Today we must link our knowledge about the cascade of consequences of pesticide use and misuse in a rapidly changing world