A conservation success story in Zambia’s hinterland

“The Luangwa Valley, the southernmost tip of the Great Rift Valley, was a wildlife paradise until the 1970s, when economic distress and a booming ivory trade turned it into a killing field. In the 1980s, 100,000 elephants perished in the valley; the number in North Luangwa National Park, with an area of 2,400 square miles, or 6,200 square kilometers, dropped from 17,000 to 1,300.” - International Herald Tribune