By Dr Daniel Stiles Key Takeaways * Ant trafficking is emerging as a serious new wildlife crime, especially in East Africa. * Booming demand for exotic pet ants in Asia and beyond drives the trade. * Smuggling ants can cause real ecological harm, including colony collapse and invasive-species risks. * Kenya says much
The Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve stands as the only ecologically intact savannah along a 200-kilometer stretch of Lake Albert’s shoreline in Uganda. Established initially as a controlled hunting area in 1963, this remote wilderness once harbored significant populations of Uganda kob, buffalo, and Jackson's hartebeest. Then came
Key Takeaways * Africa’s rangers are frontline conservation workers under intense pressure. Many are underpaid, undertrained, and lack insurance. * Staffing and resource shortages are weakening protection efforts. * Rangers are doing more community engagement, but training has not kept pace. * The report calls for greater recognition, better conditions, and professional reform.
In the far west of Botswana lies a place where people live surrounded by elephants and yet remain among the poorest in the country. For thirty-five years, communities across southern Africa have been told that if they own the wildlife on their land, it can pay. For most, it
By Prof Brian Child Key Takeaways * Wildlife recovery requires long-term financial investment, with reliable funding mechanisms that support management, habitat protection, and enforcement. * When local communities, landowners, and governments receive tangible economic returns, they have a powerful incentive to protect wildlife and its habitat. * Across North America and much
In this sobering field patrol, Eugene Troskie of the Phalaborwa Natural Heritage Foundation (PNHF) investigates an area identified by a collared hyena. What begins as a routine follow-up leads to another stark reminder of the damage caused by wire snare lines. The team discovers the remains of an adult
By Hank's Voice Key Takeaways * CBTH has failed for seven years to get a UK import ban through Parliament, so it has taken its Abolition Declaration global, launching at the UN on 1 July 2026. * The campaign is misnamed. The UK cannot ban hunting abroad, hosts trophy hunters
This is the eastern bank of the Luangwa River, in Zambia’s Eastern Province. Twenty years ago, one man came here looking for something most conservationists would have avoided: a landscape that had already been emptied of its wildlife, where the challenge would be to bring it back. The valley
By Dr. Daniel Stiles Key Takeaways * The report “Clicks That Kill ”documents hundreds of accounts across dozens of countries openly trading live tigers, great apes, elephants, rhinos, and pangolins on Facebook and Instagram. A parallel ECO-SOLVE study logged nearly 22,000 ad posts for over 266,000 wildlife products
The Kilombero Valley is a Ramsar-listed wetland in the Rufiji River Basin and is one of Africa's most important ecosystems. It holds hundreds of bird species, several endemic reptiles, and around 75 percent of the world's puku antelope. When commercial fish poaching operates in a
Key Takeaways * African conservation is chronically underfunded: available money meets only 10 to 20 percent of needs, with an annual gap exceeding one billion dollars. * Funding flows from seven distinct streams, sorted by origin and by whether it is earned, granted, or market-generated, each with its own reliability and
Aston Sparks and Bruce Martin, directors of Lake Albert Safaris, discuss aspects of operating an anti-poaching unit in Uganda, looking at training, resources, and the specific conservation challenges faced. * Unit Training and Expansion: The training process for new recruits includes basic combat readiness for armed encounters and specialized ambush