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Grey crowned cranes resource
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Grey crowned cranes resource

Africa, african conservation education, Community, Conservation Education, grey crowned cranes, Keystone species, PACE, RWCA, RWCA Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, TUSK

Grey crowned cranes resource

Grey crowned cranes are tall, majestic birds. They are a symbol of wealth and longevity in many countries and cultures. Unfortunately, over recent decades this actually caused them to become endangered, and especially so in Rwanda. The pet trade, egg collection, on top of habitat loss, poaching for food and poisoning, was devastating. However, in 2014 Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association - decided to address the problems. They started a campaign to protect both the cranes and their habitats. RWCA set [...]

By PACE|2025-08-18T18:59:02+01:00August 15th, 2025|Africa, african conservation education, Community, Conservation Education, grey crowned cranes, Keystone species, PACE, RWCA, RWCA Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, TUSK|0 Comments

Bujengwe Primary school in Uganda say thank you to Nick Bubb and Tusk.
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Bujengwe Primary school in Uganda say thank you to Nick Bubb and Tusk.

Africa, african conservation education, Community, Competency Based teaching, Conservation Education, CTPH Conservation Through Public Health, DHL, Education, ESD, PACE, School, Teaching conservation, TUSK

Bujengwe Primary school in Uganda say thank you to Nick Bubb and Tusk.

Back in March our new Tusk CEO Nick Bubb was in Uganda with Conservation Through Public Health. He saw the amazing work CTPH are doing for Mountain gorilla conservation in Bwindi National Park, and their achievements improving the well-being and opportunities for rural communities living close to the protected area. While local people appreciate the benefits CTPH, the gorillas and gorilla tourism have brought, it's a remote mountainous area, and life is still not easy. Especially in some of the [...]

By PACE|2024-07-04T13:03:37+01:00July 3rd, 2024|Africa, african conservation education, Community, Competency Based teaching, Conservation Education, CTPH Conservation Through Public Health, DHL, Education, ESD, PACE, School, Teaching conservation, TUSK|0 Comments

Chiswene Eco-buddies
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Chiswene Eco-buddies

Africa, african conservation education, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Education, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe

Chiswene Eco-buddies

In December we sent PACE resources to Di Drummond, who supports the local school, Chiswene Primary, near her home in Zimbabwe’s low veld. It was only last month that Di’s team were able to access the school. They had to wait until the water level in a large river dropped low enough to permit crossing. "Two of our interns, and game scouts took the walk across to the school, and held the first club meeting with Grade 5 & 6 [...]

By PACE|2023-04-05T12:46:58+01:00April 6th, 2023|Africa, african conservation education, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Education, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

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

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

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

for partners in west and central Africa

the PACE supplement 'Energy and climate change' is now available in french - for more information contact pace@tusk.org

By PACE|2022-02-14T14:34:31+00:00February 14th, 2022|Activities, Africa, Climate Change, Climate smart agriculture, Community, Conservation, Conservation agriculture, Conservation Education materials, Energie et changement climatique, Energy & Climate Change, ESD, french educational resources, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Sahel, Teachers Africa, TUSK|0 Comments

PACE – helping people adapt to climate change
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PACE – helping people adapt to climate change

Africa, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Teachers Africa, Teaching conservation, TUSK

PACE – helping people adapt to climate change

Africa bears little blame for the world's current climate crisis, yet is one of the continents most effected by and most vulnerable to climate change and variability. Isn't it ironic that after a connecting with kids in the UK and USA over the summer, 16 year old Ruth Mbabazi in rural Uganda (Gasiza parish) said she'd learned "that the whole world is fighting against climate change, I thought we were the only ones doing it" It is because people across Africa [...]

By PACE|2021-10-25T17:33:38+01:00October 25th, 2021|Africa, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Teachers Africa, Teaching conservation, TUSK|0 Comments

Biochar Action sheet
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Biochar Action sheet

Africa, Biochar, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Energy, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, PACE, Sustainability, Teaching conservation, TUSK

Biochar Action sheet

Our new PACE Action sheet explains how, at community or household level, people can take advantage of the benefits Biochar can bring to their daily lives. Simple, low or no cost artisanal methods to improve lives, livelihoods, and the environment – locally and globally. It was written with Graeme Boyd-Moss, inspired by experience on his parents small holding in north western Kenya. Biochar has been integral to life at Spencer’s Farm for nearly 20 years. It has ensured that they have [...]

By PACE|2021-03-27T11:12:40+00:00March 27th, 2021|Africa, Biochar, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Energy, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, PACE, Sustainability, Teaching conservation, TUSK|0 Comments