Staff Writer

When Mayo Oldiri first started hunting in the savannah regions of Northern Cameroon, poaching was not a serious problem. Supervised by the professional hunter, unarmed game scouts were employed and were sent out in groups of six to eight carrying only machetes and axes. As the poaching increased, it became

The Pandamatenga farming project began in 1984 when the Government of Botswana allocated an initial 25,000 hectares of virgin bush to pioneering commercial farmers. The aim was to increase the country's cereal production and boost food security. With fertile black cotton soils and an annual rainfall of

By Prof. Brian Child As conservationists, we rush with great passion in new crusades to ‘save’ the next in a long line of threatened species or ecosystems. We lay the blame for environmental destruction at the foot of human greed, population growth, trade, or poaching and see its salvation in

By Zig Mackintosh African traditional healer Gogo Nomsa Sibeko, who heads Nature Speaks and Responds (NPC), an organization founded in 2022 predominantly comprised of traditional female healers, was one of the speakers at the recent Snare Mitigation Symposium in Pretoria, South Africa. While traditional healers are often viewed with skepticism

Anti-poaching operations are not just about chasing poachers through the bush. Zambeze Delta Safaris (ZDS) has several community projects to improve the livelihoods of the people in the area. One of them is beekeeping. The project is centered around the women in the community and beehives, and beekeeping training is

The Niassa Reserve is situated in the far north of Mozambique, with the Rovuma River forming the borderline with Tanzania. It is the biggest wildlife sanctuary in the country, covering an area of about 16,200 square miles, about the size of Switzerland. Although it was proclaimed in 1954 as