Wildlife – PACE – Pan African Conservation Education

“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

Painted dog conservation
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Painted dog conservation

Education, Endangered Species, ESD, Jo Taylor, Mozambique, PACE, Painted Dogs, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Women in Conservation

Painted dog conservation

Jo Taylor, from the Karingani Game Reserve in Mozambique talked to our young conservationists about Painted Dogs yesterday - as guest speaker in the second of this season's PACE webinar series. Jo is a field ecology technician on Karingani Game Reserve in Mozambique. She manages wildlife monitoring across 150,000 ha of Karingani, a privately managed reserve, that is part of a vast conservation landscape that includes Kruger national park in eastern South Africa, and contiguous national parks and conservation areas in [...]

By PACE|2022-08-06T14:14:33+01:00August 3rd, 2022|Education, Endangered Species, ESD, Jo Taylor, Mozambique, PACE, Painted Dogs, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Women in Conservation|0 Comments

The Next Generation of Ninety One conservation heroes
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The Next Generation of Ninety One conservation heroes

Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education, Next Generation of conservation heroes, Ninety One, PACE, Wildlife

The Next Generation of Ninety One conservation heroes

It's fantastic to hear the impressions of our young people as they meet and chat between continents as part of our Next Generation summer programme. From Uganda - " I learnt that the whole world is fighting against climate change together, because I'd thought we were the only ones doing it." "I have learnt that Uganda has wildlife more than the UK has, as I've been told that they have no mountain gorillas there." "I have also learned that an idea [...]

By PACE|2021-08-10T12:44:26+01:00August 10th, 2021|Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education, Next Generation of conservation heroes, Ninety One, PACE, Wildlife|0 Comments

PACE Vocab – keystone “KEYSTONE SPECIES”
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PACE Vocab – keystone “KEYSTONE SPECIES”

Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education, Endangered Species, Keystone species, Preventing habitat loss, Wildlife

PACE Vocab – keystone “KEYSTONE SPECIES”

A key stone is the central supporting stone at the top of an arch, it holds all the others in place. If a keystone is removed the arch collapses. A keystone species has the same role. Keystone species maintain the balance in their ecosystem, keep it functioning and healthy. If a keystone species is removed or disappears then food webs, habitats, ecosystems and the plants and animals living there are all disrupted. Because they are so important, keystone species are [...]

By PACE|2020-05-12T19:12:53+01:00May 12th, 2020|Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education, Endangered Species, Keystone species, Preventing habitat loss, Wildlife|0 Comments