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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Phalaborwa Natural Heritage Foundation (PNHF) anti-poaching team works to protect various wildlife areas on the edge of the Greater Kruger. In this episode, the anti-poaching team focuses on vital conservation efforts near a high-risk property. The video covers these key topics: • Wildlife Monitoring & Technology: The
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Key Takeaways * 750,000 people live on Kruger's western boundary, a fast-growing population shaped by apartheid-era forced removals. * Settlement-driven habitat loss is the central, irreversible pressure. Between 1993 and 2006, settlement area grew by almost 40 percent, woodland fell by about 27 percent, and roadside
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Derek Littleton runs the Lugenda Wildlife Reserve (LUWIRE) within the Niassa Special Reserve in Northern Mozambique. In this video, he explains the intricacies involved. Running a game reserve is far more complex than just managing wildlife; it requires navigating intricate security challenges, building community relationships, and overcoming massive logistical hurdles.
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This episode follows the Lake Albert Safaris anti-poaching team on patrol in Uganda's Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve. The reserve currently has nine anti-poaching staff, with plans to roughly double that number as game populations grow. Recruitment happens from within. Aston Sparks, a director of the company, relies
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A Strategic Partnership for Conservation The Mozambique Wildlife Alliance (MWA) was established as a local non-profit organization tailored to Mozambique's conservation needs. MWA grew out of Saving the Survivors' (STS) operations in the country. The rationale was to create a dedicated, independent organization able to work
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The Phalaborwa Natural Heritage Foundation (PNHF) focuses its anti-poaching efforts in the bushland around the Kruger National Park. Eugene Troskie from PNHF has noticed a disturbing trend in recent years where lions are being targeted for their bones to supply the Asian traditional medicine trade. To kill a lion,
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Setting up a new anti-poaching operation takes more than boots on the ground. In this video, Derek Littleton from LUWIRE in the Niassa Reserve of Mozambique explains why information is sometimes more useful than firepower and why turning villagers into allies works better than treating them as adversaries. He&