Decades of a “plethora of wildlife crimes” in Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, including “heavy poaching” which was committed unabated, had reduced the animal population in the reserve to a meagre 100 elephants by 2014, according to African Parks and Ministry of Tourism. The oldest and largest wildlife reserve in Malawi–spanning 1,800 kilometer square and once a … Read More “Malawi: Evolution of Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve – Devastation, Restoration” »
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Aliness Harry, 35, from Group Village Head (GVH) Kalebe in Traditional Authority (TA) Malengachanzi in Nkhotakota District, is happy, for she found a stable livelihood in chilli farming, which “assures her of a better future”. Introduced by African Parks, in partnership with Tropha and Nandos, chilli farming is improving Aliness’s life and likely to catapult … Read More “Malawi: Sustaining Community Empowerment for Sustained Restoration of Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve” »
Chipata, Zambia — As we approach the forest in the village to appreciate Andrew Mbewe’s beekeeping enterprise, a bee from a hive close to the edge of the natural woodland stings him on the cheek. He steps back quickly, waving everyone away from danger, as he grimaces and grumbles in pain while trying to take … Read More “Zambia: Communities Taking a Sting Out of Poaching With Alternative Livelihoods” »
Special Report — Malawi has announced a new level of protection across its Nyika, Kasungu, Nkhotakota, Majete Vwaza, Liwonde and Elephant wildlife reserves: drones. Until recently, the protection of animals in the reserves relied heavily on forest guards. The guards usually patrol boundary lines separating animals from their human neighbours, checking for people encroaching on … Read More “Malawi Looks to Drones to Protect Its Wildlife” »
A group of people calling themselves ‘Concerned Citizens’ have asked the Department of National Parks and Wildlife to deploy additional game rangers to the Michiru Mountain Conservation Area to combat and stop the poaching and protect tourists. In their letter, titled ‘Urgent Action Required to Halt Wanton Destruction and Poaching in Michiru Mountain Conservation Area’ … Read More “Malawi: Concerned Citizens Geared Up to Save Michiru Mountain” »
Everybody who visits Kasanka National Park in Zambia during “bat season” agrees that the evening emergence of African straw-coloured fruit bats from their roost site is one of the wildlife wonders of the world. The bats (Eidolon helvum) arrive at Kasanka every year around October. The numbers swell rapidly until they peak in November. By … Read More “Zambia: World’s Biggest Bat Colony Gathers in Zambia Every Year – We Used Artificial Intelligence to Count Them” »
Blantyre, Malawi — Residents in areas surrounding Malawi’s Kasungu National Park are criticizing two wildlife organizations for allegedly enabling deadly elephant incursions. In June 2022, the African Parks Organization and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) funded the relocation of 250 elephants to restock the partly-fenced park despite protests. The lack of fencing has … Read More “Malawi: Villagers in Central Malawi Face Attacks From Elephants” »
In what will likely be the world’s largest mass translocation of rhinos, conservation groups are planning to move 300 rhinos a year for the next 10 years to locations across South Africa and elsewhere on the rest of the continent. Conservation groups in at least four African nations (Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Kenya) have offered … Read More “Africa: Four African Nations Line Up to ‘Rewild’ Massive Herd of ‘Homeless’ South African Rhinos” »
Chinese national, Bin Liu, is finally expected to begin defending himself before the Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Court on Friday, 19th May 2023, almost a year after the court found him with a case to answer over wildlife crime charges and illegally acquiring a firearm. Following the court ruling in May 2022, Liu’s lawyers asked … Read More “Malawi: Chinese National Bin Liu Set to Enter Defence in Mk10m Wildlife Crime Case” »
CNN — Ten lions have been killed in southern Kenya this past week, including six on Saturday alone, as human-wildlife conflict escalates in the region, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This is “an unusually large number of lions to be killed at one go,” a spokesperson for the KWS told CNN on Sunday. … Read More “Ten lions killed in Kenya as conflict between humans and wild animals worsens | CNN” »