How our ranger network stopped 47 poaching incidents in Virunga in one season
Here's roughly how it worked: better intel from community informants, tighter coordination between ranger units, and enough training investment that patrols could finally cover ground they used to have to skip.
It took a decade of relationship-building to get here. Our chief ranger is blunt about it, though — a good season doesn't mean the job's done. It means next season starts from a better position.
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Research
New gorilla census confirms population growth for third consecutive year
The latest survey data reveals encouraging signs that decades of protection are translating into real population recovery in the Virunga Massif.
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Community
How eco-tourism revenue is reshaping attitudes toward wildlife in Uganda
Communities once at odds with conservation mandates are now among the most vocal advocates for protecting their wild neighbours.
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Research
GPS data reveals wild dog corridors under critical threat from new road development
Collar data from our pack tracking programme shows a proposed highway would cut straight through the last corridor wild dogs still use to move between territories.
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Anti-Poaching
Six years, zero rhino losses: inside our most successful protection programme
The story behind our Laikipia rhino sanctuary. The partnerships, the tactics, and the community relationships that made it possible.
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Education
Teaching the next generation: our school conservation programme reaches 12,000 children
Our school programme has now reached over 12,000 children across five countries — most of whom have never actually seen the animals they're learning to protect.
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Policy
AFWINC presents evidence to AU summit on transboundary wildlife corridors
Our scientific team presented 15 years of corridor monitoring data to the African Union, informing the first continent-wide wildlife movement policy.
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