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Southern African Wildlife College
R2m grant to up-skill wildlife managers
11 April 2008
South Africa’s Peace Parks Foundation has received a R2 million grant from the Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa (MCFEA) to be used for the training of 240 wildlife managers. The students, who will be identified by management at various conservation parks and reserves throughout the Southern Africa, will undergo a 9-12 month natural […]
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A new CEO for Peace Parks Foundation
31 Mar 2008
Mr Werner Myburgh has been appointed as the new CEO of Peace Parks Foundation, as of 1 April 2008. He takes over from Prof Willem van Riet, who retires as CEO but has...
Greater Mapungubwe TFCA, Rewilding
Endangered African wild dogs found a safe haven
12 Mar 2008
South Africa and Botswana collaborate on translocation A pack of 18 African wild dogs, donated by South African National Parks, was last week translocated from Marakele National Park in Limpopo Province to the...
Lubombo TFCA
Monitoring project now under way
18 Feb 2008
MOZAMBIQUE has, in the past, been somewhat of a weak link in the turtle protection chain. It’s hoped this will all change now that a transfrontier turtle monitoring project is in place. Dr...
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Transfrontier game reserves to share out 2010 benefits
18 Feb 2008
New life is being breathed into the imaginative initiative that aims to see parts of southern Africa turned into large networks of parklands spanning national boundaries. The driving force is the 2010 Soccer...
Kavango Zambezi TFCA
Long walk to freedom as elephants trek to Angola
28 Jan 2008
A feisty cow leads her herd 180km north, giving hope to conservationists that Botswana’s overpopulation problems might ease. An elephant cow named Lersatsi could hardly have known how she was serving the wellbeing...
Limpopo National Park
Transfrontier park bountiful
22 Jan 2008
The southern African Transfrontier Park initiative is bearing fruit particularly as far as endangered roan and sable antelope are concerned. These relocated species have adapted well to the new environment. Since being moved...
