Conservation & Wildlife

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 25/02/2022 18:36

Botswana increases entrance fees to its National Parks and Game Reserves

Following the amendment of the National Parks and Reserves Regulations, Botswana's Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conse… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 15/02/2022 07:49

World’s first rhino is born whose parents were both orphaned by poaching

The  Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary  in Mpumalanga has made rhino conservation history this weekend. In the early hours of Sunday, 13 February, an 8-year-old orphaned rhino gave birth to a healthy and strong baby girl. She is the world’s first rhino calf to be co… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 14/02/2022 07:54

Abelana Game Reserve nabs Responsible Business Education Award

Global news publication, Financial Times, sets out to honour and promote sustainability and improved social impact through its annual Responsible Business Education Award. The award acknowledges researchers, academic institutions and alumni who are contributing to changing how the world does b… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 14/02/2022 07:46

Botswana offers Start-Up wildlife stock tofFarmers to boost Agro-Tourism

In a bid to boost agro-tourism, the Botswana government is offering wildlife start-up stock to farmers to keep in their ploughing fields. The government says the move will give locals an improved stake in the lucrative tourism sector.

Botswana's National Parks and Wildlife director, Kabelo Senyatso, said the government will run a pilot pro… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 13/02/2022 18:56

Ugandan conservationists leverage technology to save Mountain Gorillas

A pioneering initiative to protect Uganda’s mountain gorilla population has officially been launched, leveraging technology to create sustainable sources of non-trekking revenues to fund conservation.

RoundBob and The Naturalist, Ugandan conservation enterprises working with Uganda Wildlife Authority, have launched My Gorilla Famil… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 12/02/2022 08:07

Ugandan conservationists leverage technology to save Mountain Gorillas

A pioneering initiative to protect Uganda’s mountain gorilla population has officially been launched, leveraging technology to create sustainable sources of non-trekking revenues to fund conservation.

RoundBob and The Naturalist, Ugandan conservation enterprises working with Uganda Wildlife Authority, have launched My Gorilla Family… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 12/02/2022 07:55

Tiger and five lions relocated from Ukraine zoo to South African sanctuary

A tiger named Gina and her five lion companions had only known of life in a cage filled with their excrement, having never set their paws on a blade of grass. Thankfully, all of these wild cats born in a Ukrainian zoo were relocated to a wildlife sanctuary outside Gqerberha recently.  They were kept in a private zoo in Chernivtsi and a zoo … read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 09/02/2022 11:56

South Africa has released rhino poaching statistics for 2021

South Africa's Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has released the rhino poaching numbers for 2021. According to … read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 05/02/2022 17:18

Tanzania: Tour Operators names Dr Manongi as conservation hero

THE Ngorongoro Conservation Area(NCA)'s Commissioner, Dr Freddy Manongi has been recognised by the tourism stakeholders as the green champion.

Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr Sirili Akko said over the weekend that Dr Manongi is an unsu… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 01/02/2022 18:09

Reopening of Rwanda Border puts DRC squarely on EAC horizon

When you’re stuck in the same boat but paddling in opposite directions, chances are the boat is going nowhere. This had been the situation with Rwanda and Uganda since February 2019 until recently when the common border was reopened.

Along with Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan, and Tanzania, both are members of the East African Community (… read more