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...Parks development program was also set up to help local communities manage their natural resources and develop ecotourism. The task involved getting sovereign countries to coordinate passport and customs controls, poaching laws, fencing and road-building plans. "The logistical challenges are enormous," says Peace Parks executive director Willem van Riet, "but so are the rewards. We are looking at the frontiers of a genuine African renaissance...
...South Africa is discussing the possibility of a Peace Park with the governments of North and South Korea. It would sit astride the demilitarized zone that separates those two longtime enemies - an area where animals such as the endangered Siberian tiger and Amur leopard are known to exist. Van Riet says there is some interest in the idea at the U.S. Defense Department. If the generals of the Pentagon and their counterparts in the two Koreas are as wise as the tiger and the leopard, then peace may have a chance...