VOLUME 88

Pennies and Predators (11-minute Video)

Patrol Reports

10 Nov 2026 — 1 min read

Across Africa, enormous effort and substantial sums of money go into protecting predators from the consequences of conflict with people.

Fences, compensation schemes, conflict-response teams and conservation programs all require funding, year after year. When that funding disappears, the protection it provides can disappear with it.

Chemist Peter Apps believes that commercial sales of his formulation could be the answer, but it has to cost a farmer who has almost nothing, next to nothing. Apps is working towards an ordinary product sold through an ordinary supply chain.

Graham Child: Rebel and Game Changer

By Prof Brian Child Graham Child grew up on remote field stations in Zimbabwe, learning Shona and Ndebele, and absorbing the work ethic and culture of an effective civil service. His father, Harold Tamplin Child, survived two years on the Western Front in World War I, became a District Administrator,

Saving the Malagarasi Floodplain (Full Documentary 15 minutes)

The Malagarasi River cuts through one of Tanzania's lesser-known safari concessions, the Uvinza Open Area. This film provides a compelling look into the critical anti-poaching and conservation efforts that have gone into rehabilitating it. Most of the area is floodplain. Seasonal water dictates wildlife movement, where

The Link Between Meta’s Promotion of Online Wildlife Trafficking, Increasing Global Wildlife Seizures, and Ecosystem Collapse

By Dr. Daniel Stiles Key Takeaways * Illegal wildlife trade is a major global crime: It is a leading driver of biodiversity loss and is estimated to be worth about US$34 billion annually. * Trafficking has shifted online: As traditional e-commerce sites restricted wildlife sales, traffickers increasingly moved to social

A Plan Is Not a Park: What 45 Years of Conservation Planning Have Taught Me

By Dr. Jeremy Anderson Key Takeaways * Conservation succeeds or fails after the document is handed over, depending on funding, staff capacity, politics, and the authority to act. * The most useful plans are written for the agency that actually exists—its people, budgets, constraints, and capacity—not for an imagined institution

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Graham Child: Rebel and Game Changer

Saving the Malagarasi Floodplain (Full Documentary 15 minutes)

The Link Between Meta’s Promotion of Online Wildlife Trafficking, Increasing Global Wildlife Seizures, and Ecosystem Collapse

A Plan Is Not a Park: What 45 Years of Conservation Planning Have Taught Me