Conservation Education materials – PACE – Pan African Conservation Education

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

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

“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

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

Young conservationists making a difference, with LCMO Tanzania.
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Young conservationists making a difference, with LCMO Tanzania.

Conservation Education materials, LCMO, PACE, Tree planting, TUSK

Young conservationists making a difference, with LCMO Tanzania.

Children's trees ready for planting Despite the constraints of the past two years, Emmanuel Stephens Lekundayo's Landscape and Conservation Mentors Organization have not just maintained their conservation education work but extended. In 2020 and 2021 they reached 550 new learners in 19 schools with quality, relevant conservation education materials. LCMO work with communities in the Katavi National Park area in western Tanzania. Every week they run a session in each of their schools, and we've been pleased and [...]

By PACE|2022-02-16T22:45:25+00:00February 16th, 2022|Conservation Education materials, LCMO, PACE, Tree planting, 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

Bee keeping action sheet
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Bee keeping action sheet

Africa, Bee keeping, Climate smart agriculture, Conservation Education materials, Empowering women, ESD, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Subsistence farming, TUSK, Uncategorized

Bee keeping action sheet

Human beings have been collecting honey and other products from wild bees for thousands of years. But it can be difficult to find wild bee nests and can be risky to remove the honey. Beekeeping on the other hand, is a fantastic way to conveniently access your own supply of honey, at little cost. As well as providing honey and wax for home consumption, honeybee products can be sold to provide a good income, either locally or on a bigger scale. [...]

By PACE|2022-01-14T21:52:32+00:00January 14th, 2022|Africa, Bee keeping, Climate smart agriculture, Conservation Education materials, Empowering women, ESD, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Subsistence farming, TUSK, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Climate Smart Agriculture

Climate Smart agriculture, also called Conservation farming is a no till approach. No plough is used to till the soil. The lack of tilling maintains soil particle size meaning that more water can infiltrate deeper. This, with the extra organic matter added to the soil makes farms more resistant to drought, and also to erosion. Soils contain carbon dioxide and extensive ploughing or hand-tilling releases all this carbon dioxide into the atmosphere increasing greenhouse gas emissions. In ‘Conservation Farming’ permanent [...]

By PACE|2021-10-28T00:13:27+01:00October 28th, 2021|Africa, Climate Change, Climate smart agriculture, Conservation, Conservation agriculture, Conservation Education materials, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Soil, Sustainability, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

School environment club planting trees in Maroua
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School environment club planting trees in Maroua

Africa, Cameroon, Climate Change, Conservation Education materials, COVID Secure education, desertification, ESD, PACE, Quality Education, Sahel, TUSK

School environment club planting trees in Maroua

April and May are the hottest months in the Far north region of Cameroon. Temperatures range between 36 and 42, sometimes 46 oC - pretty challenging for indoor classes when there is no air conditioning. At Jacques de Bernon Catholic School in Maroua because of these extreme temperatures and as a a covid precaution, lessons have moved outside. It has made the teachers and learners appreciate the shade of mango trees planted on campus by the school's founders. The situation has [...]

By PACE|2021-05-06T10:08:05+01:00May 6th, 2021|Africa, Cameroon, Climate Change, Conservation Education materials, COVID Secure education, desertification, ESD, PACE, Quality Education, Sahel, TUSK|0 Comments