Combatting climate change and crane-crop damage
Erratic climate patterns and long drought seasons in Southcentral Uganda have seen crops dry up and wither. In addition to this, farmers also face the crop damage by Endangered Grey Crowned Cranes.
On the road to a career in conservation
I am Cameron Cormac, a PhD candidate in my second year of study at the University of KwaZulu-Natal – on my way to a career in conservation.. I work with the EWT’s Wildlife and Transport Programme and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, researching the effects of linear infrastructure on vertebrates in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and northern Zululand.
What was wildlife doing while we lay low in lockdown?
One of the by-products of the Covid-19 pandemic was much lower levels of human activity related to lockdowns enforced in many countries to reduce the spread of the disease. This decrease in human activity has been named the “anthropause”.
Careers in Conservation – the long way around
How our staff members found their way to fulfilling careers in conservation
Providing safe perches to prevent owl roadkill
Owls use roadside structures to perch on while hunting for prey. nfortunately, this increases the risk to the birds of being struck by vehicles.