New resource on Sea turtles, available to download very soon.
Check out these extracts - if you'd like more information contact us at pace@tusk.org or www.lamcot.org
The PACE Bat resource is now available in full.
Bats are very misunderstood creatures. Often people see large bats and think they are birds, which is not surprising, as some species measure 1m from the tip of one wing to the other! People also see small bats and think they are insects, which is equally unsurprising, as the smallest of all mammals is a bat, and it is the size of a tiny coin! Bats are fascinating and worth learning about, we actually depend on them for many things. [...]
New resource on Wetlands
We're super excited to have completed our latest resource, a bright, high quality, 34 page, A4 book on Wetlands. It was created with Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association - RWCA , designed for their community conservation clubs, but will definitely be useful in schools and for general reading. It is simple, and packed full of photographs: with examples from west, east, central and southern Africa. Wetlands support a vast biodiversity and complex food webs. They provide us with clean water, protect against [...]
Isiolo County Conservancies Association joined the PACE network
Isiolo County Conservancies Association represents twelve community run conservancies in the arid rangelands and savannahs of northern Kenya. ICCA was established to strengthen community-led natural resource management, promote biodiversity conservation, and enhance sustainable livelihoods across its landscapes. The ICCA’s work, which has very limited funding, is to inspire sustainable community development that supports climate resilience and biodiversity conservation. We were pleased when they joined the PACE network late last year, and are keen to do as much as possible to [...]
Conservation education training for school teachers – north Kenya.
Hats off to the forty seven educators who gave up their mid term break to learn about conservation education with us last month. That's some sacrifice for a tired teacher! We all met at Lewa education centre: teachers from schools that work with Lewa Wildlife conservancy, Mount Kenya Trust, Borana, and Isiolo Community Conservation Association. Local Ministry of Education leads gave sessions, as did PACE and Lewa's conservation education and digital literacy teams. We mapped PACE content to the curriculum, designed [...]
Okapi Conservation Project setting the PACE
A special delivery of one of our latest educational resources. The Okapi Conservation Project (OCP) is located in the north east of Democratic Republic of Congo. Okapi are a forest mammal, related to giraffe. They are the only living relative of giraffe, and are endemic (found only) in this remote and dense tropical rainforest. Okapi are an important national cultural symbol and flagship species for the forests they live in, but they need all the protection they can get. The [...]
Supporting conservation education in Gashaka Gumti NP, Nigeria,
Gashaka Gumti National Park is in the far east of Nigeria. It is on the Cameroon line, a dramatic volcanic mountain chain. It is an area of 'soaring mountains (including Nigeria's highest), pristine forests and undulating savannahs, a vast mosaic of wilderness that protects some of the most ancient forests of the continent and is home to nationally and regionally important populations of pangolin, buffalo, leopard, a wide range of antelopes and primates, including the critically endangered Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee. Sadly the [...]
How using PACE strengthened my vulture awareness programme at Blouberg schools
Phillipine Makhubela started as an intern with VulPro in South Africa early in 2025. She is based in Blouberg Nature Reserve, in the north of the country, a protected area and site of key vulture breeding colonies that VulPro is fighting, against the clock, to protect. We were able to cover some of the costs of Phillipine's internship this year, provide some training, and materials for her to use in schools and communities. These included the PACE vulture booklet, that [...]
New BATS resource for schools and community clubs
Bats are fascinating animals. But sadly, because they are unusual and few people see them clearly, they are widely misunderstood and linked to unfounded myths and superstitions. The result is that we humans are often persecuting bats, unnecessarily and unfairly. We need bats, our ecosystems need bats, and they need us. Several of our conservation partners, in different parts of Africa, have told us that education and awareness raising about bats is badly needed. RWCA - Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association [...]
PACE Impact Report 2025
Hamish Stewart's recent Impact evaluation has made us feel proud of PACE and it's amazing network of educators, in schools, conservancies and wider communities all across Africa. WHY EVALUATE ? PACE is extremely popular, with an estimated 1.6 million children using PACE materials across Africa, as of 2025. But are these resources and the way they are used making a difference to conservation and to people's lives. This evaluation attempted to answer those questions, building on previous detailed evaluations in [...]