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The African Journalism Project

Monday, 27th March, 2023

Having just returned from very productive trip to the Mara in Kenya (see here for details) and then to southern Chad in the company of Journeys by…

Travel of Reciprocity

Monday, 5th December, 2022

Between his work with Journeys by Design and his many other commitments, the Botswana-based professional guide Kyle de Nobrega was kind enough to put some thoughts on…

A recovered wilderness

Thursday, 27th October, 2022

Those of you familiar with the work of African Parks will no doubt come across the story of the recovery of Zakouma National Park. Journeys by Design…

The African Travel Recovery Fund

Sunday, 28th March, 2021

In a recent article on the immediate and long term impact of Covid-19 on Africa’s wildernesses and the prospects of the communities that both rely on and…

Boots on the ground: Enonkishu’s new ranger outpost

Tuesday, 19th January, 2021

Those of you familiar with our work will know that the wonderful Enonkishu Conservancy one of the at-risk ecosystems supported by Wild Philanthropy. The below report comes…

Enonkishu: COVID-19, our support, and two conservancy heroes

Tuesday, 12th May, 2020

One of the African Tourism Crisis Fund’s first grants was to Enonkishu Conservancy, a Wild Philanthropy core ecosystem project, and which as well suffering the knock-on effects…

Conserving Africa’s wildernesses: lockdown, loss, and mitigating the threat

Monday, 20th April, 2020

The first of a series of blogs from Domenica Dryer, who has over the last few months done a wonderful job reaching out to Wild Philanthropy’s donors….

The African Tourism Crisis Fund: fast, simple and effective support for COVID-hit communities

Friday, 17th April, 2020

As you will no doubt be aware, the knock-on effect of the COVID-19 crisis on conservation in Africa has been nothing short of catastrophic. With national borders…

Sustainable travel – an oxymoron?

Wednesday, 26th February, 2020

I spent my whole career working on environmental issues – with climate change at the heart of those. Although often it’s been tough, working to try and…