Last updated: 16 august, 2010 - 18:23 GMT

Wildlife organisations in Africa accused of operating on a shoot to kill policy

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Governments and NGOs are being accused of giving tacit approval to widespread human rights abuses in the name of wildlife conservation in Africa.

The allegations are made by Professor Rosaleen Duffy from the University of Manchester in the UK.

In her book, Nature Crime, Professor Duffy blames endemic poaching and human rights abuse on a consumer demand for ivory, medicines, ornaments, foodstuffs, clothing, bush meat and caviar - among other products.

BBC Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro spoke to Professor Duffy to find out more about her findings.

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