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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&
March 3rd, 2026 It’s the United Nations World Wildlife Day, and every year, the conservation world fills with messaging about protection, preservation, and the urgency of leaving nature untouched. There’s much handwringing, crocodile tears, and, of course, fundraising by the animal rights activists (ARAs). This is how their
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The honeyguide family, Indicatoridae, contains 17 species across four genera, distributed through sub-Saharan Africa and into parts of Asia. All are obligate brood parasites. Most eat beeswax. But the behavior that gives the family its common name, guiding humans to bee colonies, is only documented in one species: the
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By Zig Mackintosh Africa’s wilderness areas are critically underfunded. An IUCN assessment shows that available conservation funding across the continent meets only 10-20% of needs. The most comprehensive study of conservation finance in Africa’s savannas, published in PNAS by Lindsey et al. in 2018, evaluated funding for
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The theme of World Wetlands Day 2026 is “Wetlands and Traditional Knowledge: Celebrating Cultural Heritage.” Wetlands are the most productive and vital ecosystems on Earth, supporting extraordinary biodiversity while providing essential services such as water filtration, carbon storage, and flood regulation. While attention is rightly focused on this, the critical
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By Zig Mackintosh The baobab (Adansonia digitata) is tough and can live between 1,500 and 2,000 years. The species has evolved over thousands of years alongside elephants, climate extremes, and fire. When they start to die at scale, something’s up. Baobab decline matters. It is not about
Patrol's 2025 annual review: 23 editions, 45 documentary videos, 47 field articles spanning anti-poaching operations across 10 African countries.