Akagera National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Akagera National Park
The mass return of people who had fled the country in 1994 saw a large portion of the park's land handed over to people to farm. Conservation was not a high priority at this time and poaching took its toll on the park's wildlife including game species for bushmeat, elephants for ivory, and rhino. Lions were hunted out to keep livestock safe. The elephant and game populations vastly reduced and rhinos were last seen in 1997. In 2010African Parksassumed management of Akagera in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board. An overhaul of law enforcement and community engagement significantly reduced poaching to an all-time low. An anti-poaching canine unit was trained and deployed in 2015. A solar-powered fence was constructed to reduce human-wildlife conflict in the areas surrounding the p
Akagera National Park Travel Guide Sections
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