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On the Frontline: Community Scout Snapshot

The Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia is home to around 1,000 elephants, along with many other species. This area is part of a larger elephant range that includes neighbouring Mana…

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Darwin200 – A voyage of exploration and conservation.

The Darwin200 project is a grand, two-year global voyage retracing Charles Darwin’s historic journey aboard the HMS Beagle. Launched in August 2023 from Plymouth, UK, the journey is being undertaken…

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Pack Life – It’s not easy being a wild dog in Hwange, Zimbabwe.

The Mpindothela wild dog pack in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, has a poignant and compelling history. The pack’s challenges highlight the broader threats faced by wild dogs, specifically as a…

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Arul-the-Orangutan and The complexities of conservation

Arul July 2023 – January 2024 Lamandau Wildlife Reserve in Indonesian Borneo has reported a tragic incident involving Arul, a 6-month old orangutan. Arul was bitten by a group of long-tailed…

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New Pups at Ol Pejeta

Ol Pejeta’s K9 unit was one of the first private conservancy dog units in Kenya. There are seven dogs currently active in the unit, including bloodhounds, Dutch Malinois and a…

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Koala Conservation: Keep the Embers Burning

Ember the koala was a victim of the 2019/20 bushfires in Australia – one of the most damaging bushfire seasons on record. More than 10 million hectares of land in New…

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Giraffe Conservation: Tall Stories

We are delighted to announce the first of several project partnerships for 2024: Kordofan Conservation in Chad Giraffe Conservation Foundation supports giraffe conservation initiatives in 20 African countries and is the only…

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Under Pressure – The ever-present threat of poaching in the forest

In February in the Dzanga Sangha Protected Area in the Central African Republic there were 40 regular patrols conducted involving 88 rangers. That’s a total of 1,597 rangers days covering 1,840 km on foot.…

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Logos Lands In Trouble

Orangutan Foundation (OF), one of our project partners, runs a soft-release programme for orphaned orangutans in the Lamandau Wildlife Reserve, Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. We’ve supported the work of OF for several years…

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Elephants, Chilli and Unseasonal Rainfall

Last month the rainfall continued, not only here in the UK but also in Kenya in the Greater Mara. Rainfall was not as heavy thankfully as in January, which many of…

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