Champions of Industry Archives

Chem Chem: Partnering to empower communities

Monday, 20th February, 2023

One of our partners, Chem Chem Association (CCA) is a non-profit organization in northern Tanzania. Its mission is to protect wildlife and empower the surrounding rural communities….

Way of the old

Thursday, 20th February, 2020

I was delighted to note in travel magazine Cartography’s latest issue an essay – We Are All Brothers and Sisters – by the anthropologist Wade Davis. If…

Ros Aveling: conservationist, mentor, friend

Tuesday, 17th December, 2019

Before joining Wild Philanthropy, I spend over 10 years working for Fauna & Flora International, which I believe is one of the most effective global conservation organisations. It is…

The Beckwith and Fisher Archive: for the good of the future

Thursday, 22nd August, 2019

While African ceremonies photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher’s extraordinary careers are by no means at their end, they’re already beginning to think about how best to…

African Twilight and the fight against cultural extinction

Wednesday, 26th June, 2019

I’ve always believed in the multiplying goodness of serendipity. Stay open to possibility – believe, be brave, expect the unexpected – and good things happen, as it…

Beast of Man: Paul Herbertson champions the Kevin Pietersen podcast

Tuesday, 25th June, 2019

I’m extremely new to the business of the podcast. I think the first podcast I ever listened to was Forest 404, and that was this year. The…

Championing African Parks

Tuesday, 20th November, 2018

I came across African Parks a number of years ago in my research for organisations that have got it right when it comes to conservation management. For…

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…

An interview with John D. Gillon, Chairman of the Hwange Conservation Society

Tuesday, 14th August, 2018

While at Somalisa Expeditions in Hwange National Park last year, I met long-time visitor to Zimbabwe and champion of conservation, John Gillon. Over lunch, he showed us…