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Herding 4 Health – People, livestock and conservation
16 December 2021 | Posted on Africa Geographic
Livestock herding and wildlife conservation are often seen as anathema to each other. A combined Peace Parks and Conservation International initiative called Herding 4 Health (H4H) is changing these perceptions while improving livestock health and wealth for local people living on the fringes of protected areas. The programme is also restoring rangelands and increasing biodiversity.
READ MOREUBP partners with conservation experts to launch biodiversity restoration fund
16 Dec 2021 | Posted on Investment Week
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has launched the UBAM – Biodiversity Restoration fund in collaboration with two biodiversity partners, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) and the Peace Parks Foundation. The Biodiversity Restoration fund will...
UBP sheds light on the biodiversity-investment nexus
07 Dec 2021 | Posted on UBP
As part of Building Bridges Week – the agenda-setting event on sustainable finance taking place in Geneva from 29 November to 2 December 2021 – UBP hosted an interactive panel discussion on biodiversity...
Assessing wildlife trade on e-commerce sites in China, with a focus on mammoth ivory
09 Nov 2021 | Posted on Wildlife Justice Commission
The Wildlife Justice Commission has conducted with the support of Peace Parks Foundation targeted research to assess the levels of illegal wildlife trade on Chinese e-commerce platforms.
Govt hails Vwaza Wildlife Reserve fence project
09 Nov 2021 | Posted on The Nation
Director of Parks and Wildlife Brighton Kumchedwa has commended efforts to construct a 70-kilometre electric fence around Vwaza Wildlife Reserve in Mzimba, saying it will reduce conflict between animals and people.
SMART technology transforms conservation at over 1,000 of the world’s most important biodiversity sites
14 Sep 2021 | Posted on SMART Conservation Software
A team of conservationists is launching a major upgrade to SMART - the world’s leading protected area management tool helping conservation practitioners in 70 countries to collect, interpret and use information to make...
‘I want to be nature’s voice’
13 Aug 2021 | Posted on Mail & Guardian
Everything that Lucrescencia Macuacua does is to honour her mother, including becoming a field ranger. “My mother loved animals,” says the 35-year-old, who works in the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique. “She even named...
