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Step into the vast, untamed wilderness of northern Mozambique as this film takes you deep inside the Lugenda Wildlife Reserve (LUWIRE) within the massive Niassa Special Reserve. Discover what it really takes to manage a million-acre remote conservation area—from battling devastating poaching crises and building hundreds of kilometers
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In this video, the Phalaborwa Natural Heritage Foundation outlines its long-term vision and strategic future plans for wildlife conservation. From acquiring safe release sites for rescued animals to deploying cutting-edge anti-poaching technology, learn about the foundation's efforts to protect South African wildlife and expand ranger
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In Botswana's far west lies a safari concession called NG3. A million hectares of wild country, full of elephants, where the people who live among them are among the poorest in the country. A community, a small NGO called Life Through Wildlife, and a donor organization, JAMMA International,
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By Nick Roden In July 2025, I flew to South Africa with a camera bag full of equipment and a fairly straightforward job: document the training of a new anti-poaching team for Pro Track. The training officially began on 30 July and finished with the passing-out parade on
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Danny Banda is the game ranger manager at Nyamvu Safaris in Zambia. Danny grew up in one of the villages around the reserve and joined as a ranger in 2011. Today he runs its anti-poaching operation — the senior man over every scout in the field, some of whom once
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By Prof Brian Child Key Takeaways * Conservation was imported. Colonial powers transplanted American-style parks and state-owned wildlife through the London Conventions of 1900 and 1933. Little has changed since. * Fences, not hunters, did the damage. Livestock, farming, and fences drove the real historical losses. * Early rangers were not
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By Talia Meikle Key Takeaways * For 25 years, VFAPU has protected wildlife in and around Victoria Falls, where people and animals share the same urban landscape. * Its work combines patrols, technology, trained dogs, intelligence networks and community cooperation to disrupt poaching. * Bushmeat, snaring, deforestation and wildlife trafficking remain serious threats,
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Of all the animals that the Phalaborwa Natural Heritage Foundation rescues from wire snares, the spotted hyena is at the top of the list. Hyenas get caught in snares more than other animals because the smell of rotting carcasses attracts them, and they end up in snares that are still
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The drive from Lusaka to Nyamvu Game Reserve, on the banks of the Luangwa River in eastern Zambia, normally takes 7 hours. It took Zaeed Patel thirty-six hours in his first rainy season in the area. He had to sleep on the side of the road. This is remote
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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
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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.
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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