Community outreach

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 [...]

PDC expanding conservation ed in Zimbabwe schools

We are pleased to have helped Painted Dog Conservation, with planning, teaching and training materials and connections, as they take their education programme to Mana Pools area. PDC has a wonderful and long standing education programme. They work with communities and most notably with young people in their schools and through holiday camps - communities that live alongside Painted dogs. Except, some of the dogs moved, away from their established range, into a new area, less busy but where the [...]

New edition of the Vulture resource

We did a lot of work on Vulture education over the last year, and are thrilled at how popular and successful it has been.  It started with VulPro in South Africa, helping to get their conservation message into schools and communities over a much wider area than they could reach alone.  Vulture populations across Africa are struggling, and it's largely due to lack of information, and misperceptions.  Popular culture worldwide tends to attribute rather negative traits to vultures, which in reality [...]

PACE Action sheets now available in Portuguese

Selected PACE action sheets are now available in Portuguese. Action sheets share simple solutions that people have used to solve their everyday, environmental problems.   Living with wildlife titles in Portuguese include: Monitoring human wildlife conflict, Reducing crop raiding by elephants, Protecting against primates, Protecting livestock against predators, a Chili growing guide, and Elephant dung paper.  Energy topics include: Reducing kitchen smoke, Fuel savers, Improved stoves, Smoke hoods, Solar cooking, Make your own solar cooker, Make a fire-less hay-box cooker, and Planting [...]

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