📷 Photo courtesy of Maggie Hirschauer showing trap deployment at Bangweulu Wetlands Game Management Area. This marks the first of 15 traps to be deployed in 13 National Parks/Reserves across 9 African countries as part of the BIOSCAN–African Parks collaboration!

A head for numbers and a heart for conservation. Simon Tabashabira has risen from being a general hand to working as a Regional Financial Manager, responsible for the finances of four different protected landscapes across Zambia and Zimbabwe. Simon previously worked as a ranger,

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In memory of Friso Just over a week ago, siblings Fiona and Floris took on the AP 100km challenge, running across the wild expanse of Liuwa Plain in Zambia. Supporting them on the ground was Charlotte, helping to make the journey possible. Together, they carried forward the

All the better to hear you with. The smallest member of the canid family, the fennec is a desert fox that is able to thrive in Chad’s Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve (ENCR). Its behaviour and physiology are adapted to very dry conditions and daily temperature swings, with

A moving encounter. As described in the Wall Street Journal, the Great Nile Migration crosses three different protected landscapes managed by African Parks on behalf of the respective national governments (Boma and Badingilo national parks in South Sudan, and Gambella National

Challenge accepted. This coming Saturday, on 20 September, teams of African Parks rangers will be completing 21km runs across the protected landscapes they work in as part of the sixth Tusk Wildlife Ranger Challenge (WRC). This annual challenge sees men and women carry packs

A new day, a new challenge Today, African Parks rangers and team members from 23 protected landscapes are running 21km in the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Challenge. With each step, they’re celebrating their role in conserving Africa’s biodiversity. With your support, the lasting impact

Challenge accepted! Yesterday’s Wildlife Ranger Challenge 2025 saw African Parks rangers and staff members completing a 21km race across some of Africa’s most diverse landscapes, from Rwanda to Chad to Angola. Our rangers showed grit, teamwork, and dedication – just as they do

This World Rhino Day, do something wild. Help us send 2,000 Rhino home. ​ Rhino aren’t just majestic – they’re keystone species that shape entire ecosystems. When they vanish, balance is lost. When they return, nature revives. You have the power to restore that balance. Help us

Join the movement.​ ​To mark #WorldRhinoDay, African Parks Rhino Rewild Project Manager Don Jooste joined Anele and The Club on 947to talk about Africa's most ambitious rhino rewilding initiative. With almost 2,000 white rhino to be moved to well-managed landscapes, the

Something new and something blue. Botourline’s blue monkey isn’t new to science, but until 2024, it had never been recorded in South Sudan’s Boma National Park, or indeed anywhere outside its known range in western Ethiopia. Camera trap images, later confirmed by the African

40 million years is a lot of rhino generations – too many to count. Today, we’recounting on you to help us move 2,000 rhino to protected landscapes across Africa as part of Rhino Rewild. This ambitious project will help safeguard the future of the southern white rhinoas a

From pulp to profit. “Through this business, I’ve managed to pay my son’s school fees and provide for our daily needs.” Mrs. Esther Raphael is one of nine members of the Tiyese Women’s Paper-Recycling Group who are turning used paper into art and craft items that they can sell to

Counting Chimps in Chinko. How many chimps live in the Chinko-Vovodo confluence sectors and the Zemongo Wildlife Reserve in Chinko in CAR? That’s the question researchers are trying to answer through gathering field data (counting nests and looking for droppings, plus remote

Poop happens – and that’s a good thing. Everybody poops, but not everyone’s poop has the same impact as rhino dung. And no, we’re not talking about the impact of 44 pounds of rhino dung hitting the ground each day, but rather its ecological impact. By supporting Rhino

One journey begins and another continues. Today marked a special day in Kinshasa, as the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN ) and African Parks signed a long-term management partnership for Kundelungu National Park in southeastern DRC. This milestone