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  • Zanzibar Saves Its Seas

    When the fishermen of Ras Fumba on Zanzibar Island discovered that their catch was rapidly decreasing they took action. Outsiders were ruining the marine environment by overfishing and the use of poisons and dynamite. With the help of the local government and international NGOs, they set up pat...

  • Saving the Last Tuskers

    Imagine a planet without Elephants? They are the gardeners of the ecosystem. Tsavo, Kenya is an ecosystem in itself, the park covers 22,000 square kilometers. and if the mega herbivore was not there, then there it would get covered in wooded vegetation very quickly. This allows other animal speci...

  • Sharks of South Africa

    A modern take (2010) on the incredible marine life and dangerous predators of South Africa with a partnership with the charity community group Karmagawa, to help with their latest projects (education and research) to learn first-hand about their conservation efforts surrounding the sharks in thei...

  • Last lions of Meru

    Meru National Park, in Kenya, was the home of Elsa - the lioness made famous by the book and film by Born Free

  • Club 15: Kids Can Save Animals - Ep 2 Pangolins

    Kate helps with the health assessment of a previously rescued Pangolin and sees how she has adapted to her new home in Phinda, South Africa

  • The Black Mambas

    South Africa's wildlife is under constant threat from poachers. But help is at hand in the form of the country’s first and only, all-female, anti-poaching unit. They are on the front line to rescue rhinos from the edge of extinction.

  • The Pangolin Man

    With the people of south-western Uganda forced to hunt pangolins for survival due to a lack of income, one local man fights to save not only the lives of the pangolins, but the very people themselves.

  • ChangeMakers - Damien Mander

    Niall McCann talks to Damien Mander - a former special forces soldier who founded the IAPF - an organisation that trains and employs teams of all-female rangers to combat poaching across southern Africa

    14 October 2021

  • ChangeMakers - Joyce Poole

    Niall McCann talks to elephant biologist Joyce Poole about her career studying elephant communication and a lifetime of research in east Africa

  • Tusk Conservation Awards 2021

    Now in its ninth year, the Awards ceremony was held at the BFI Southbank in London hosted by Kate Silverton. Five of Africa’s conservation luminaries were honoured #ForAllTheyDo to advance conservation.

  • Going Wild with John & James

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    John & James are professional safari guides in Botswana’s extraordinary Okavango Delta. On their frequent excursions in to the bush they encounter incredible wildlife and landscapes, and also make time to catch up on the chat.

  • Lara visits the Serengeti

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    Lara Jackson is a conservation biologist and award-winning wildlife photographer - she has spent much of her career observing Africa's wild animals in their native environment

  • On Safari With Nala

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    Nala, nature enthusiast and explorer, experiences the wonders of her home region, Botswana'a Okavango Delta