By Prof Brian Child Key Takeaways * We killed almost everything first. Market hunters cut bison from 60 million to a few hundred and slaughtered 25,000 passenger pigeons a day. Modern conservation was built on the wreckage. * The men who saved wildlife misread why it was dying. Roosevelt blamed greedy
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
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
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.
By Zig Mackintosh Key Takeaways * The Constitutional Court is weighing whether "well-being" belongs in NEMBA, with hunting, fishing, and wildlife management hanging on the answer. * The new definition shifts the law away from regulated, humane use toward a rights-based stance. * "Well-being" extends to
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
By Dr Daniel Stiles Key Takeaways * In October 2025, the Northern Cape High Court ruled that breeder Hendrick Diedericks can export horn from captive-bred white rhinos. The government wants to appeal but has not yet been granted leave. * The arrest of Vietnamese national Huy Bao Tran, tied to dozens
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
By Prof Brian Child Key Takeaways * Wild resources are taxed and regulated in ways no farmer would tolerate for livestock. A South African farmer needs 17 permits to sell a springbok and one to sell a sheep. That asymmetry shifts land-use decisions against wildlife. * Wildlife is priceless to society
By Hank's Voice In 1673, German political philosopher Samuel von Pufendorf wrote, “More inhumanity has been done by man himself than any other of nature’s causes.” Now, over 350 years later, this theme is played out regularly on social media and in the legacy media, in the
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,
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&