More than one thousand park rangers lost their lives while on duty during the last decade. Working in harsh conditions and poorly armed, their struggle is yet decisive for the future of us all. Following the death of SAKANDE Salifou the 12th of January 2019 while patrolling in the W National Park of Burkina Faso, […]
Wildlife conservation through the creation of national parks and reserves is a necessity to protect natural habitats from human activities. In 1872, Yellowstone was the first national park, many others followed since. Nowadays, several management models exist for conservation in Africa with heterogenic results. Numerous threats pressure natural habitats: poachers, conflicts with farmers and economic […]
Call him park ranger, forest ranger or simply a nature defender. His mission: protect an area rich in biodiversity such as a national park or a private reserve, sometimes risking his life to do his job. What does the daily life of a ranger look like? At what time does he get up? What kind […]
Africa’s extraordinary wildlife is declining at an alarming rate. We are losing the war against nature depletion. With this infographic, we wanted to remind you how bad the situation is for most of the large mammals in Africa. Mainstream medias focus on elephants and rhinoceros while the situation with other species is even worse. Bonobos, […]
We were back in the W National park of Niger in Mars after one of the Lion Squad team leaders died of typhoid. But this was not the only tough moments we had to deal with in the Nigerien bush as a male elephant was killed by a poacher, here is what happened. One day, […]
The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), a Namibian foundation involved in Africa’s fastest animal protection, asked the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna) to reclassify again the cheetah as an endangered species due to the sharp decline of their population. Studies on cheetah’s future The CCF director, Laurie Marker, insisted in […]
