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Progress Down Farm

In 2022 we partnered with Mara Elephant Project in Kenya’s Greater Masai Mara to support a co-existence farm project. The 5-acre farm, led by Abigael Pertet, is looking at sustainable elephant-friendly farming practices…

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Etosha Heights Conservation Centre

A new name – Etosha Heights Conservation Centre – marked the new year for GCF’s centre in Namibia. Funds raised by Sketch for Survival 2023 are supporting the centre and we were delighted…

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Counting (Blue) Sheep

The availability of wild prey is the most important factor when determining if a region is suitable for snow leopards. However, there are multiple factors influencing the delicate relationship between predator and prey, …

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Against the Odds

Just over a year ago, two lionesses were caught and killed by snares set by poachers in the Papyrus Swamps of Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park in Zambia. Eight cubs,…

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Palm Oil Alternative – A Step to Saving the Forest

Scientists at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh have developed an alternative to Palm Oil named PALM-ALT. The substitute is palm, coconut and allergen-free, and 100% plant-based, made from a by-product from the…

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Conservation

Precious Sketch and Poem From Award-winning Author

Alexander McCall Smith is a prolific author of fiction, best-known for The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series set in Botswana and featuring Precious Ramotswe. In an interview with the Sunday Times…

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Max in Malawi

Max White reviews his time on a research volunteer placement in Malawi Making a difference, learning new skills and living in the bush was exactly what I wanted from a…

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Queen and the crocodile

Orangutan mothers are devoted – they spend up to eight years raising their infant on a one-to-one basis and the infant is totally dependent on them during this time, learning…

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Rescues in the Valley

Rescue Last week, rescue teams from Conservation South Luangwa, Zambian Carnivore Programme and Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) were called upon after two lions were caught in…

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Wildlife

Meet Maggie

The vast savannahs and striking mountainous terrain of Kidepo Valley National Park (NP) in north-eastern Uganda provide a stunning backdrop for an historically significant population of Nubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis). Nubian giraffe are…

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