An intriguing story told in Kenya about Elephants that returned to a land where their predecessors once walked after an absence of over 20 years. A celebration about restoring a habitat to save the last open spaces for Elephants to roam about freely and tracing back the routes to their ancestral ...

The Hearts of Bwindi develops its story by intertwining a visually stunning showcase of biodiversity, intimate character portraits of dedicated wildlife rangers, and the empowering role of local communities in conservation. This film is a poetic celebration of the remarkable biodiversity of Bwind...

Nomusa Zikhali oversees 24 schools in her homeland, South Africa. Working with Nomusa and Simon Naylor at Phinda and their amazing team of rangers, veterinarians and staff in an educational rhino dehorning trip for children in South Africa .
Nomusa Zikhali was featured in “Breaking Their Silence...

Nicci Wrights’ groundbreaking pangolin tracking and telemetry program desperately needed equipment to tag and follow some new pangolins admitted to their rehabilitation centre.
This film shows how https://www.overandaboveafrica.com helped rangers successfully keep eyes on them.

What is the collective noun for a group of drones? A flock? A watch? A sentinel? A guardian as it turns out.
‘A Guardian’ is a glorious drone-shot film for charity Over & Above Africa, using collective nouns to romance the beauty of animal groups across Africa.
But at the same time highlighting...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.