Suspected members of an armed militia ambushed and killed five park rangers and a driver in Virunga National Park.
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Dr Jane Goodall’s Message on World Ranger Day 2017
We salute the people who go to work every day and put their lives on the line to protect our wilderness and wildlife and to provide for their families.
After nearly 20 years, Cheetahs return to Malawi
High biodiversity areas flourish when game can roam freely across vast tracks of wilderness, adapting to dynamic changes in population densities, rainfall and food supplies. However, the ever increasing pressures from human populations on the edge of unfenced reserves have had devastating effects on both fauna and flora in Africa. In the late 1980’s in Malawi, Cheetahs disappeared as the pressure from nearby communities encroached on their habitat and destroyed their prey. Below is a fantastic good news story of how Cheetahs are being reintroduced to Malawi’s Liwonde National Park, where they can be protected as their population is re-established in Malawi.
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Watch Wildlife Rangers Nab Poachers With Thermal Imaging
As Custodians strives towards our mission of preserving Africa’s wilderness and biodiversity, it is unsurprising that the topic of illegal poaching will feature regularly. Whether it is highly organised crime syndicates involved in smuggling and trading ivory or subsistence meat poaching, we need to find solutions that ensure communities understand the value of preserving the populations of Africa’s unique fauna and flora.
FLIR is working with World Wildlife Fund’s Wildlife Crime Technology Project to put an end to illegal poaching in Africa.
It’s a crime that’s difficult to track and even harder to stop. By combining thermal imaging technology with cutting-edge software, FLIR and the Wildlife Crime Technology Project hope to reduce this rampant poaching problem.
Further reading:
Read more about the project on FLIR’s (infrared camera manufacturer) site.
Read and listen to the NPR coverage of the project.
Read more about the WWF’s involvement in the project (and here).
Read more about the recent grant from Google to support the use of technology to fight poaching.
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