While infrastructure is central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, it can sometimes endanger wildlife, disrupt habitats, and threaten biodiversity. Yet, this blog suggests that development and conservation don’t have to be mutually exclusive. What do *you* think?
Why did the elephant cross the road?
Photo: Phubadee Na Songkhla / Shutterstock In the early 1950s, carving out a road in the newly-created Tsavo National Park in Kenya involved “hacking through scrubland,” according to Dame Daphne Sheldrick in her memoir, Love, Life, and Elephants. Founder of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an…