User:Jannos011

Green hunting in Southern Africa
"Some innovation theorists (like Smith, 2006) believe innovation is meaningless without technology. I do not think so.  Technology is a great platform for innovation achievement, but it is certainly not the only one. Technology is a good enabler for certain types of innovation.  But real innovation comes from the inner self and individual contributions and thoughts need to be given a place in organisations and in society to breed We maintain that innovation takes place in the specific domains of product, process and/or service. However, there is more: innovation takes places in leadership, culture, processes and systems, design, products and technology.  Innovation is a thinking skill more than a doing skill.  It transforms our views of current reality and focuses on renewal and regeneration.  Danah Zohar (1990) believes that ‘Most transformation programmes satisfy themselves with shifting the same old furniture about in the same old room. Some seek to throw some of the furniture away. But real transformation requires that we design the room itself. Perhaps even blow up the old room. It requires that we change the thinking behind our thinking – literally that we learn to rewire our corporate brains."

So quotes Prof.René Pellissier(PhD)in her paper on WHAT LIES BEYOND INNOVATION – IF ANYTHING-delivered at the start of the innovation Hub recently introduced at the CSIR,South Africa. This may be a strange start to the article, but certainly pays tribute to the innovators of the concept of Green Hunting in South Africa.It required innovation by the dedicated few to introduce this concept which is fast becoming the favourite means of hunting by hunters concerned about conservation and preservation of the wildlife resources of Southern Africa. What is Green Hunting? Green hunting - or dart safaris - offer a unique synergy between sport hunting and conservation, allowing trophy wildlife to be shot and wildlife research and management to be conducted at the same time.

Hunters and conservationists are now on the same side of the fence. Pioneered in South Africa, "green hunting" is fast winning the favour of traditional hunters, who see it as a chance to enjoy their sport while contributing to conservation.

The brainchild of Dr Paul Bartels, head of the Wildlife Biological Resource Centre of the National Zoological Gardens, green hunting requires more skill and precision than hunting with a rifle. Not only must the animal be shot from close range, but darted animals are also highly unpredictable - sometimes charging or bolting.

"At the end of the day," says Bartels, "we want the animal to jump up and run into the sunset, with the hunter having experienced the thrill of the hunt while also having played an important role in conservation. "So from an ethics point of view, it's important that the hunter has the same goals."

Having hunted the hunt-able species of South Africa, for many years, and seen the carnage sometimes left behind and the indiscriminate shooting of many animals, I certainly support and have done this openly, this innovation. Any effort, how-ever insignificant,towards conservation of wildlife, should be hailed and the innovators behind such drives, must be awarded --Jannos011 04:25, 20 January 2007 (UTC)