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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…

Banning the sale of legal ivory: the UK’s about to get in step – we hope

Tuesday, 27th February, 2018

With the UK set to host 2018 Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference, I’m delighted to note that the government has finally bowed to pressure and authorised a consultation process last October for the…

Mahale, Ntakata, and the Tongwe: A conservation journey to a lost world

Tuesday, 13th February, 2018

Here at Wild Philanthropy we work with some extraordinary people and places. Planning and writing our client itineraries takes me to storybook lands of remote tribes, wildlife-filled…

Ethiopia adventures: Paul Herbertson reports on developments in the Omo

Tuesday, 23rd January, 2018

When I was first speaking with Will Jones about joining Wild Philanthropy one of the things that really caught my interest was Wild Philanthropy’s first impact investment…

The future of Africa’s rhino: a conservation model that works

Tuesday, 21st November, 2017

On 6th November 2017 Daniel Schneider, a biologist from Boston, posted an image of a northern white rhinoceros, called Sudan, with the caption: ‘Want to know what…

A history of Namunyak Conservancy

Monday, 13th November, 2017

As well as offering bespoke private safaris to anywhere in Southern and Eastern Africa, Wild Philanthropy also organises set departure trips, which are less like a holiday…

Borana Lodge Medical Clinic

Thursday, 7th December, 2017

Many communities in rural Africa lack healthcare enough to cope with disease transmission. Aside from AIDS, malaria and measles, it is often the ones that we see…

Wild Philanthropy: state of the nation and our first appeal

Monday, 4th September, 2017

Following Simon’s recent blog over at our sister company, Journeys by Design, I thought it was about time we provided a quick update on all things Wild…

On saving the wild elephant

Thursday, 10th August, 2017

The Guardian was kind enough to publish a piece we wrote on saving the wild elephant, something I should have alerted you to back in October. My…