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Community leaders help shape landscape governance across Greater Kruger
How do communities become part of systems shaping safety, conservation and decision-making across one of southern Africa’s most complex conservation landscapes? This question brought together 52 community representatives from across the Greater Kruger landscape, alongside government officials, conservation authorities and technical experts, at a three-day workshop hosted by the Southern African Wildlife College. Across the […]
Crime syndicates are plundering Zambia’s heritage plant – why it matters
In western Zambia’s Sioma Ngwezi National Park, a little-known medicinal plant is vanishing – not from overuse by local communities, but at the hands of international crime syndicates. Devil’s Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens), a heritage species long used by communities across southern Africa, has already disappeared in two of the park’s three zones. Its tuber is […]
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.
Sensor Sensation: Colette Leads the Way for Women in Conservation Technology
Colette Terblanche, Project Manager for Peace Parks Foundation’s Combatting Wildlife Crime team, is an anti-poaching powerhouse. For more than five years, she has been committed to the daunting, and mounting, challenges of rhino protection, in a minority of women working in this field. In the age of intense and escalating wildlife crime, poaching strategies continue […]
Unleashing the Wild: Colette’s Ultra AFRICA Race
‘Running for your life’ has a different meaning for Colette Terblanche, Peace Parks’ Combatting Wildlife Crime Project Manager and freshly victorious Ultra AFRICA Race participant. She recently completed this immense 220 km feat through southern Mozambique, over five days, in intense heat on gritty, sandy trails. The entire experience was incredible. I always expected it to […]
Ranger Revolution: Specialised Training Takes on Wildlife Crime
A revolution in ranger training is poised to take effect in southern Africa. It is aimed at closing the gap between transnational organised crime and rangers on the frontlines of conservation – on both sides of national borders. Driven by strong global demand, and high prices on the illegal market, poaching and trafficking of […]
Taking the LEAD to Save Lives
Imagine a medical first responder course, specifically designed for senior game rangers operating at the frontlines of conservation and the combat against poaching. These men and women are guided through reality-based training, tailored to the situation on the ground. They emerge as certified coaches empowered to instruct taskforces in their own protected areas, with access […]
