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Botswana to lift its hunting ban: why it’s not the answer it might be looking for

Tuesday, 28th May, 2019

Following on from its consultation report, the Botswana government last week announced that it would be lifting its 2014 hunting ban. The news polarises conservationists: those opposed…

Back to school: Wild Philanthropy, social enterprise and Cambridge University’s social ventures programme

Friday, 18th January, 2019

Those of you that follow our social media channels may be aware that in September last year we were accepted onto a rather exciting initiative that is…

DRC elections: the start of a new era or more of the same?

Tuesday, 18th December, 2018

After two years of delays and contested excuses, on December 23rd citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo will finally vote for their first new leader since…

China’s partial lifting of its 25 year-old ban on rhino horn and tiger parts spells disaster for wild tiger and rhino

Friday, 2nd November, 2018

Earlier this week, China partially lifted the 1993 ban on the trade of rhino horn and tiger parts.* The original CITES Notification on Banning the Trade in…

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…

Transforming Lale’s Camp

Tuesday, 7th August, 2018

Kate Malone and her partner Cameron Anderson-Raffan spent two and a half months in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia, helping to refurbish Lale’s Camp on the eastern banks…

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…

Holding back the years: the Financial Times goes to the Omo

Saturday, 7th July, 2018

I’m always fascinated by the effect a visit to the Omo has on the traveller, and never more than by David Pilling’s piece Holding back the years…

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…