Paul Herbertson, Author at Wild Philanthropy

Tswalu: 50-year conservation restoration project

Tuesday, 30th October, 2018

When you enter one of the 8 rooms in Tswalu you are immediately greeted by a beautifully designed space, with great views out over the Kalahari. However,…

Impact travel: sustainable tourism, wilderness zoning, and the business of changing the world

Tuesday, 9th October, 2018

One of the Wild Philanthropy’s key drivers for encouraging and supporting at-risk ecosystems is sustainable travel. Low-volume tourism specifically designed to have a positive long-term environmental, social…

Talking corridors: Dereck Joubert, Great Plains, and conservation tourism

Friday, 21st September, 2018

I was fortunate enough to catch up with Dereck Joubert earlier this year. We had already met at We Are Africa, when Angela and I attended a…

Goodwood event raises GBP 70,000

Tuesday, 24th July, 2018

I wanted to take the opportunity to thank all those who came to our first ever fundraiser at Goodwood for your support; and to encourage all those…

The conservancy, the charity and the very beautiful house in Chichester

Tuesday, 26th June, 2018

With just two days to go before Enonkishu Conservancy’s Out of Africa fundraiser which Wild Philanthropy is supporting, I thought I’d (re)connect a few dots with regards…

Ethiopia lifts State of Emergency two months early

Thursday, 7th June, 2018

A quick update on the welcome lifting of Ethiopia’s state of emergency on Tuesday, which comes two months earlier than predicted, and which shows fair evidence of…

We Are Africa: Paul Herbertson on telling tourism’s best kept secret

Tuesday, 22nd May, 2018

Just a quick report on this year’s We Are Africa, attended by Angela Sacha and myself. Held in Cape Town, We Are Africa styles itself as much…

The world’s last male northern white rhino is dead

Wednesday, 21st March, 2018

Having just got back from Kenya last week and being lucky enough to visit Ol Pejeta and met Sudan the last male northern white rhino, the news yesterday that he…

A new type: the camera-free conservation journey

Tuesday, 13th March, 2018

On returning home from my latest trip to Ethiopia, it dawned on me that our Conservation Journeys are best suited to those who like to do things…