Ziplining to save Rotorua’s ancient forest
Listen to the podcast New Zealand’s cultural hub of Rotorua, known for its geothermal activity and fascinating Māori culture, is also home to a conservation initiative balancing tourism to educate and get results. Rotorua Canopy Tours takes you on a journey through a prehistoric native forest while engaging in essential conservation work.
World Animal Protection launch merchandise range
World Animal Protection has introduced a new way you can help save suffering animals around the globe by purchasing some of their newly launched merchandise range. The profits from the merchandise collection help World Animal Protection to protect animals everywhere. The products have been created to spread the World Animal Protection
Join Rwanda’s Gorilla Naming Ceremony
Every year Rwanda celebrates their newborn baby gorillas by honouring them at a Gorilla Naming Ceremony called Kwita Izina. This year to coincide with #WorldGorillaDay, 24 September 2020, the event is going virtual so everyone around the world can join in to watch this amazing ceremony. The challenges of the current
The Samata Experience: blending eco-tourism and luxury
Entering the new year with the spotlight on Australia’s wildfire tragedy which resulted in the death of some one billion animals is surely a call to action inviting us citizens of the world to unite and begin to take care of ourselves, our planet and its magnificent biodiversity. One way to make a change
Black rhino relocated to Tanzania
In an ambitious effort to save the species from extinction, nine critically endangered black rhino have been relocated from South Africa to Singita Grumeti earlier this month. This groundbreaking relocation was conducted by the non-profit Grumeti Fund, in partnership with the Tanzanian Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA). It is the largest
Rhino conservation in South Africa
It wasn’t my first time in South Africa, nor on a game safari. I have been lucky enough to spend many hours in the bush, tracking wildlife and admiring it from the safety of a vehicle. This time was different though. This time I would be face to face with
Photography for a cause in New Zealand
A picture tells a thousand words, which is why photography is a great story teller for conservation work. One third of New Zealand, some 8.5 million hectares, is in public conservation land and a dedicated team of Department of Conservation (DOC) rangers get to see parts of the county that locals and
How your wildlife photos can be deadly
Scroll through my social media and websites and you will see many of my photos include wildlife. I have learnt though, that for many poachers the hunt begins online. Therefore, taking photos responsibly is essential. It is hard to resist capturing that leopard lounging in the tree, the magnificent tusker elephant or
Great Plains Conservation goes plastic free
Great Plains Conservation is going beyond adopting a “single use plastic” free month and have taken that call up permanently. Over the last year Great Plains Conservation have adopted this as an internal campaign, and signed the National Geographic Planet or Plastic Pledge to reduce plastics. As founding members of the National Geographic Unique Lodges