Africa – Page 2 – PACE – Pan African Conservation Education

Helping communities tackle Human : Elephant conflict in SW Chad

Human - elephant conflict has become a big problem in south west Chad. As climate and habitats change, and human populations increase, the boundaries between space for elephants and space for people are breaking down. Elephant have fewer places where they can feel safe, and people are losing their means of subsistence, some are losing their lives. When Environnement Sahel, a Chadian NGO, visited communities in the Province of Logone Occidental in November reports from different villages included: [...]

By PACE|2023-03-06T17:29:15+00:00March 6th, 2023|Africa, Chad, Climate Change, Community, Conflicts, Education, Energie et changement climatique, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, Environnement Sahel, ESD, french educational resources, Henry Bailey, PACE, Sahel, TUSK, wood energy|0 Comments

A new PACE resource – Vultures.
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A new PACE resource – Vultures.

Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education materials, ESD, PACE, Portuguese, South Africa, VulPro, Vultures

A new PACE resource – Vultures.

Vultures are awesome birds. They are majestic, amusing, vulnerable, and yet sadly, are much misunderstood. Most of us know very little about vultures, and though we don't realise, much of what we do know tends to be myth and speculation. That's why we teamed up with VulPro in South Africa to produce a new resource. It's designed for school and community use, is available in print and digital, in English and Portuguese. We are also running interactive on-line sessions for schools [...]

By PACE|2023-03-07T14:56:08+00:00March 3rd, 2023|Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education materials, ESD, PACE, Portuguese, South Africa, VulPro, Vultures|0 Comments

Do you have a waste management problem in your neighbourhood?

If so, you may get some ideas on how to solve it from the Shela Environmental Residents Group (SERG) in Kenya. Over just a few years the village worked together to transform their beaches, streets and public spaces, from somewhere that people tolerated and suffered into a clean, bright, healthy and happy place that they are proud of and visitors admire. The Shela Environmental Residents Group worked with Lamu Marine Conservation Trust (LaMCoT) and Africa Underwater to create a new [...]

By PACE|2023-02-17T16:03:00+00:00February 16th, 2023|Africa, Clean oceans, Conservation Education, Conservation Education materials, Energy, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, french educational resources, Health, Hygiene, Income generation, kenya, Lamcot, Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, Marine conservation, PACE, TUSK, waste management|0 Comments

Living with Wildlife – a new PACE resource, on Painted dogs.

Painted dogs are very social, caring, family focused creatures that present no danger to people. Sadly, they are much misunderstood, and often, this is especially so in areas where they live. As a result Painted dogs suffer unnecessarily at the hands of human beings. We are determined to help change this trend. The general lack of knowledge about Painted dogs was brought home last year, when during a PACE webinar on the species, participants questions and comments revealed how little [...]

By PACE|2023-03-07T11:51:04+00:00February 8th, 2023|Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education, Endangered Species, ESD, Jo Taylor, Karingani, Mozambique, PACE, Painted Dogs, Portuguese, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Wild Dog Advisory Group|0 Comments

Solving community waste management challenges – a new PACE film from Kenya
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Solving community waste management challenges – a new PACE film from Kenya

Africa, Africa Underwater, Community, Conservation Education materials, Education, Environment, ESD, french, Health, Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, PACE, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Swahili, TUSK, waste management

Solving community waste management challenges – a new PACE film from Kenya

Waste management is a problem commonly faced by communities across Africa. Poor waste management impacts on people's health and their well-being, it disrupts ecosystems, and is harmful to wildlife. People know this, but often don't know what they can do as individuals, to solve the problems. We are very proud to have worked with Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, a long-standing Tusk partner, and Africa Underwater. Together they created a new short film documenting a local waste management success story they [...]

By PACE|2023-03-03T17:20:35+00:00February 8th, 2023|Africa, Africa Underwater, Community, Conservation Education materials, Education, Environment, ESD, french, Health, Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, PACE, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Swahili, TUSK, waste management|0 Comments

PACE at Makuleke, South Africa
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PACE at Makuleke, South Africa

Africa, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, ESD, PACE, Quality Education, South Africa, Southern Africa Wildlife College, Subsistence farming, Teaching conservation, Tree planting, Trees, TUSK, wood energy

PACE at Makuleke, South Africa

The PACE coordinator was in Makuleke, Limpopo Province, in South Africa this month. We were invited by the local Makuleke Park Manager, as part of our collaboration with the Southern Africa Wildlife College. The Makuleke people were one of the first communities to win back land that they were forced off of to create Kruger National Park. They now have full ownership, and co-manage their 22,000 ha of land within the KNP, alongside SAN Parks, the National Park authority. The Makuleke [...]

By PACE|2022-12-24T01:02:57+00:00December 24th, 2022|Africa, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, ESD, PACE, Quality Education, South Africa, Southern Africa Wildlife College, Subsistence farming, Teaching conservation, Tree planting, Trees, TUSK, wood energy|0 Comments

“Thank you for making my work easier and impactful”

The Uganda Wildlife Education Centre provide visits, workshops and outreach for schools and communities in the Entebbe area, and from further afield. We are thrilled that access to PACE resources has enabled them to increase their impact. Richard Otiti, Conservation Educator at UWEC, has been organising seminars to help communities live peacefully alongside their wildlife neighbours. "Lugasa School for example neighbours Mabira Forest Reserve. The communities where the school is located are currently struggling with Vervet monkeys. The monkeys destroy crops. [...]

By PACE|2022-11-07T14:38:29+00:00November 7th, 2022|Africa, Competency Based teaching, Conservation, Conservation Education, Conservation Education materials, Environment, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Uganda, Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, UgandaWildlifeEducationCentre, Uncategorized, UWEC, Wildlife|0 Comments

Conservation education reducing poaching in Zimbabwe
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Conservation education reducing poaching in Zimbabwe

Africa, Anti-poaching, Conservation Education, Conservation evangelism, PACE, TUSK, Zimbabwe

Conservation education reducing poaching in Zimbabwe

Amos Gwema, winner of the 2020 Tusk Ranger award, is doing superb work using community-based conservation education to solve wildlife protection crises on the ground. Amos, in Zimbabwe, started his education campaign when he realised the extent to which poachers were taking advantage of rural communities to further unlawful hunting activities. He uses PACE and other resources to educate communities, including about wildlife crime and problems that result from it, and what they can do to prevent it. As rural communities [...]

By PACE|2022-10-04T14:43:24+01:00October 4th, 2022|Africa, Anti-poaching, Conservation Education, Conservation evangelism, PACE, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

New avenues for learning
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New avenues for learning

Africa, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education materials, ESD, PACE, South Africa, Southern Africa Wildlife College, TUSK

New avenues for learning

We are Nathashia Khosa, Siphokazi Sibeko and Bongiwe Hlabane. We are interns in the Southern Africa Wildlife College, in the Community and Youth Development department. Our internship is for a year. We live in a village called Welverdiend in Mpumalanga Province which is next to the Greater Kruger National Park where the college is located. We are one of the communities that was displaced by the park when it was created. This week the PACE coordinator visited. At the beginning of [...]

By PACE|2022-08-27T19:34:14+01:00August 27th, 2022|Africa, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education materials, ESD, PACE, South Africa, Southern Africa Wildlife College, TUSK|0 Comments

Caleb’s Frog champions.
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Caleb’s Frog champions.

Africa, Caleb Boateng-Ofori, Conservation, Conservation Education, Conservation evangelism, Endangered Species, ESD, Frog Conservation, Frogs Africa, Ghana, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Uncategorized

Caleb’s Frog champions.

A new evangelism is sweeping across Africa. When he was a young zoologist and learned that many frogs and other West African amphibians were in danger of extinction, persecuted because of a lack of knowledge, and misguided beliefs, Caleb Boateng-Ofori jumped into action. He focused his career on frogs, studied them to PhD level, and became the first professional herpetologist in Ghana. At just 40 he was a senior researcher with Ghana's research council. Independently, Caleb set up Herp conservation Ghana, [...]

By PACE|2022-08-15T11:11:49+01:00August 11th, 2022|Africa, Caleb Boateng-Ofori, Conservation, Conservation Education, Conservation evangelism, Endangered Species, ESD, Frog Conservation, Frogs Africa, Ghana, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Uncategorized|0 Comments