Conservation Archives - Page 3 of 5 - We Are Africa
09
Apr
2017
KEEPING IT KWANINI: THE MANTA RESORT EXPLAINS WHY TRAVELLERS ARE FLOCKING TO PEMBA ISLAND
Following their win of the 2016 BRAND AFRICA Innovation Award, Olivia Squire talked to Matthew Saus and Mikael Genberg of
31
Mar
2017
WILDERNESS WILDLIFE TRUST USES TOURISM TO PROTECT ZIMBABWE’S WILDLIFE

Wilderness Safaris has launched the Wilderness Wildlife Trust, an independent entity supporting wildlife management, research and education projects.

21
Feb
2017
TRACK GORILLAS IN VIRUNGA WITH EMMANUEL DE MERODE

We’re offering We Are Africa tribe members the once-in-a-lifetime chance to track gorillas in Virunga National Park with extraordinary Park Director Emmanuel de Merode and acclaimed conservationist and philanthropist Jochen Zeitz. Not your average fam trip, then…

01
Feb
2017
TAKING THE BAIT

The call to ban photographic entries using bait begs the question: what is baiting wildlife photographers? Is it the reward of capturing an incredible image, or of immersing oneself in the wild?

17
Jan
2017
MEET THE MEN IN GREY SUITS: THE SHARK SPOTTERS OF CAPE TOWN

Shark Spotters is an independent non-profit organisation that employs a remarkably simple solution to keep water users and sharks safely apart.

13
Jan
2017
PROTECTING THE CAPE’S BIG CATS WITH THE CAPE LEOPARD TRUST

Cape Leopards still roam wild, seen only by dedicated researchers working for the Cape Leopard Trust (CLT), a not-for-profit conserving the threatened cats.

06
Jan
2017
FROM MERMAID TO CRUSADE: TAKING UP THE CAUSE OF CONSERVING OUR OCEANS WITH HANLI PRINSLOO

Former freediving champion and founder of I AM WATER Ocean Conservation Trust, Hanli Prinsloo, tells us how to transform connection into conservation.

20
Dec
2016
THE TALLEST ANIMAL ON EARTH IS STRANGELY OVERLOOKED

The giraffe population has plummeted from an estimated 157,000 to 97,000 in 20 years, with some calling it a silent extinction. But new studies about this misunderstood creature may enhance conservation efforts to protect it.

25
Nov
2016
SIDESHOW ‘SANCTUARIES’

Anton Crone on how tourists can make a difference by avoiding facilities that exploit animals and focusing on tours where they can appreciate animals in their natural element.

21
Oct
2016
THE CONSERVATION LAB 2016 KICKS OFF

SPARK talks, team talks and meeting of minds signify the start of the new ‘un-conference’ model for the Conservation Lab 2016.

21
Oct
2016
LIVE PANEL: WINNING THE CONSERVATION GAME

Graham Boynton, Travel Editor for Newsweek, asks some of the travel industry’s key players in conservation and community how they think we can fight our way back…

21
Oct
2016
WINNING THE CONSERVATION WAR

Gilad Goren, founder of Travel+SocialGood and one of the delegates at Conservation Lab 2016, tells us what he learned at this year’s un-conference when it comes to winning the conservation war in Africa.

21
Oct
2016
KNOCKING THE EDGES OFF

Brent Stapelkamp, who studies and photographs lions as part of the Hwange Lion Research Project in Zimbabwe, reflects on what he learned from his first un-conference experience at the Conservation Lab 2016.

21
Oct
2016
WE CANNOT DO IT DIVIDED

Beks Ndlovu from African Bush Camps shares the key insights he gained at the Conservation Lab 2016.

21
Oct
2016
THE PERFECT PLAYGROUND

Benedetta Mazzini from Wild Places Safaris was one of the delegates at this year’s revamped Conservation Lab. She tells us what the experience meant to her…

20
Oct
2016
THE ROAD AHEAD

Camilla Rhodes from Abercrombie & Kent gives us her considered insights following the first Conservation Lab this month.

20
Oct
2016
REWILDING PERCEPTIONS

Aleksandra Ørbeck-Nilssen from Nanofasa Conservation Trust tells us what she discovered at this year’s Conservation Lab.

20
Oct
2016
EVOLVE AND ADAPT

Ralf Buckley, International Chair in Ecotourism Research at Griffith University, shares the lessons he learned at this year’s Conservation Lab.

20
Oct
2016
A LONG ROAD AHEAD, BUT LOTS OF COMPANY FOR THE JOURNEY…

Sharon Gilbert-Rivett, Marketing Consultant at Fair Trade Tourism, shares the lessons she learned at this year’s Conservation Lab.

20
Oct
2016
REALITY CHECK: IMPROVE RETURNS TO THE LANDOWNER

Rob Moffett, Managing Director at Ongava Game Reserve (PTY) Ltd considers the challenges facing conservationists…

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