Paper 2 · Natural Resources and Conservation
Poaching of wildlife in a Zimbabwean conservancy harms the country chiefly because it
Aincreases the grazing left over for cattle on the neighbouring farms
Bforces the game rangers to move the herds onto a new grazing block
Craises the cost of maintaining the game fence right round the conservancy
Dcuts the number of animals that draw tourists and earn foreign currency
Explanation: Wildlife is an agricultural and tourism resource, and a conservancy earns from photographic tourism, hunting and the sale of game meat. Every animal taken illegally is income lost to the country and to the community that shares in it.
Derived from ZIMSEC Agriculture 4001/2 Paper 2, November 2022, Q1