The owners of Phinda, the South African-based Conservation Corporation, could not have paid for a better advertisement for their philosophy of wildlife conservation: a people-based approach to conservation, which is slowly gaining ground in Africa as game reserves come under ever greater threat from hungry, poor and angry local populations.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
The local population is hungry and poor.

Options are: 1. Yes 2. It's impossible to say 3. No
1.