Crime syndicates are plundering Zambia’s heritage plant – why it matters
Peace Parks Foundation’s support to rangers, for people and nature
Peace Parks Foundation thanks the rangers protecting communities and nature, using their skills to conserve biodiversity and build a peaceful relationship between humans and wildlife.
Action for Rhinos: Flying High with The Bateleurs
Unique new ranger training inspires formidable leadership in the field
Seven star ranger leaders from protected areas across southern Africa have taken part in a ground-breaking Leadership and Resilience Training course – and it’s been a ranger game-changer for them, their teams and their vital work.
Becoming a counter-poaching K9 handler
The process of becoming a qualified canine (K9) handler requires constant, intensive training where technical aspects come second to the deeper experience of forming powerful bonds of mutual trust, understanding and respect between man and animal.
Groundbreaking technology saves Kruger’s rhinos
For almost five years, Postcode Meerkat – the most advanced wide-area surveillance system ever developed for counter-poaching purposes on the African continent – has kept an eagle eye over vast sections of wilderness in South Africa’s 20 000 km2 Kruger National Park, becoming a key piece in a much larger puzzle that protects one of the last remaining strongholds of wild rhino in the world.
Disrupting wildlife crime with leading tech
In the oldest proclaimed nature reserve in Africa, an international team of technology and wildlife experts have come together to disrupt the status quo, and save wildlife species under threat.
Using fabric furs to protect wild cats in Zambia
Panthera, the global wild cat conservation organization, and the Barotse Royal Establishment of the Lozi People in partnership with Peace Parks Foundation and Cartier have launched the Saving Spots project – an innovative and culturally-sensitive conservation initiative that seeks to protect declining wild cat populations using synthetic leopard, serval and lion furs, known as ‘Heritage Furs’.