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Ageing rural populations struggle with chain-link fencing expansion programme

May 20, 2026 3 mins read
Ageing rural populations struggle with chain-link fencing expansion programme

At Nu 1.5 million per kilometre, the government is spending heavily on chain-link fencing to curb human–wildlife conflict. But with standard fences failing and costs rising, is this really a sustainable solution or just a costly way of masking a deeper ecological problem?

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