The Cologne International Forum met with Léa Lacan, who is a researcher in the ERC Rewilding project and an associate team member of CRC-TRR 228 Future Rural Africa project A04 “Future Conservation”. Both, the ERC project as well as Project A04 “Future Conservation” investigate manifestations of conservation in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA).
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Cologne International Forum: Project Interview ERC Rewilding
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