Fascinating behaviour observed in Kgalagadi cheetahs, self-medicating chimpanzees, big cats adopting orphans & gorilla trekking in Rwanda
Category Archives: Opinion Editorial
THIS WEEK
Explore Northern Madagascar, question the role of trophy hunting in lion conservation & head to Mara for a champagne safari
THIS WEEK
Explore Kenya’s resilient Meru National Park, read about Pongola Game Reserve’s elephant management crisis, and plan an epic photo safari to Maasai Mara – all this week with AG
Pongola’s elephant management crisis
Pongola Game Reserve can no longer keep its elephants. Malcolm Thomson explains the challenges of elephant management
THIS WEEK
Surviving post-pandemic Zim, gorilla trekking in Volcanoes NP, & learning lessons about context in Luangwa NP – all this week with AG
THIS WEEK
The science behind hunting tuskers; sleep out under the stars; spot shoebills; & a Big 5 safari in Madikwe – all this week with AG.
THIS WEEK
Greater Kruger’s latest wildlife count, celebrating magnificent hippos & searching for lowland gorillas – all this week with AG
THIS WEEK
Photographer of the Year announced, plan your dream safari, speedy evolution & 3 epics safaris – all this week with AG.
THIS WEEK
Photographer of the Year finalists, rhino-horn consumers and the great trade debate, and gorilla trekking in Rwanda – all this week with AG.
THIS WEEK
Of mammoths and tuskers, visiting south and central Madland, and contemplating horny toads – all this week with AG.
How much to kill a woolly mammoth?
The trophy hunting of 2 of Botswana’s largest tuskers threatens community wealth, a wildlife corridor & tusker survival. By Simon Espley
THIS WEEK
The Top 101 Photographer of the Year entries (4 galleries), an in-depth look into famous leopard Hosana’s death, & delving into Namibia’s iconic Himba tribe – all this week with AG.
The Himba – a people in transition
The iconic Himba people of Namibia navigate an uncertain, modernising world affected by climate change and marginalisation
THIS WEEK
Our last week of Photographer of the Year entries (in 2 galleries), your guide on the best places to see leopards, female birdsong in swallows and changing seasons – all this week with AG.
THIS WEEK
Last chance to enter Photographer of the Year, true safari romance in Tarangire National Park, sibling bonding in hyenas, walking with giants in Kenya and bidding farewell to Amboseli’s super tusker Tolstoy – all this week with AG.
THIS WEEK
Epic pics and your last chance to enter Photographer of the Year, special offer on a Mara family safari, warfare ecology reflecting on the polarising tusker-hunt debate, and the best swimming pools in Africa – all this week with AG.
THIS WEEK
Tuskers hunted in Botswana, best photos, 3 days in glorious Victoria Falls, and the dependability of the marvellous honeyguide – all this week with AG.
THIS WEEK
Glamping in Moremi, the week’s best pics, SA’s tiger farming industry, and controversy around proposed Chobe developments
Comment – teamAG – Friday 01 April 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 01 April 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 25 March 2022
Namibia’s elephant auction, wild Katavi, the ultimate Mara safari, our shared chimp DNA & this week’s epic pics
Namibia’s elephant auction: Evaluating the results
Namibia’s controversial elephant auction: balancing conservation, welfare and legality – Opinion editorial
Comment – teamAG – Friday 18 March 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 18 March 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 11 March 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 11 March 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 04 March 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 04 March 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 25 February 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 25 February 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 18 February 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 18 February 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 11 February 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 11 February 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 04 February 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 04 February 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 28 January 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 28 January 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 21 January 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 21 January 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 14 January 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 14 January 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 07 January 2022
Comment – teamAG – Friday 07 January 2022
Rhino horn trade – yes or no
The ongoing slaughter of Kruger’s rhinos forces the debate about rhino horn trade into the open again. Tony Carnie reopens this can of worms
Comment – teamAG – Friday 31 December 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 31 December 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 24 December 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 24 December 2021
Furore over Namibian community-based conservation
Journalists target Namibia’s community-based conservation program. This is what 76 affected entities have to say – decide for yourself
Demand for sustainable travel – what travellers can do to help build back better from COVID-19
Covid has taught us that we should prioritise responsible, sustainable options if we are to make a real difference when we travel. But how?
Comment – teamAG – Friday 17 December 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 17 December 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 10 December 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 10 December 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 03 December 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 03 December 2021
Tana River primates – on a broken wildlife highway
The critically endangered Tana River red colobus & mangabey are endemic to the forests on the banks of the Tana River
Comment – teamAG – Friday 26 November 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 26 November 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 19 November 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 19 November 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 12 November 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 12 November 2021
Mobilising Africa’s biodiversity experts to put nature on the decision-making map
African biodiversity experts mobilise to produce a continental map of ‘biodiversity intactness’ for African decision-makers.
Comment – teamAG – Friday 05 November 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 05 November 2021
In defense of (some) tourism
How do we rebuild travel after the trauma of 2020? Tourism is a conservation asset we can’t afford to lose and Africa is ahead of the game.
Comment – teamAG – Friday 29 October 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 29 October 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 22 October 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 22 October 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 15 October 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 15 October 2021
Covid- 19: Devastating impacts, inspiring recovery
COVID-19 has caused a systemic shock to the tourism sector in Africa. The majority of tourism companies have reduced staff and cut pay with seismic repercussions for conservation and local livelihoods.
Comment – teamAG – Friday 08 October 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 08 October 2021
The great African fencing debate
African conservationists are engaged in a furious fencing debate – should protected areas be fenced to conserve wildlife such as lions?
Comment – teamAG – Friday 01 October 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 01 October 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 24 September 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 24 September 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 17 September 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 17 September 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 10 September 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 10 September 2021
Hunting and photo tourism – where to from here?
Which of hunting and photo tourism is better for conservation, or are they both failing to deliver? Michael Schwartz asks and answers
Comment – teamAG – Friday 03 September 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 03 September 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 27 August 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 27 August 2021
Leopard conservation in South Africa
Leopard conservation in South Africa requires a metapopulation strategy and a sustained, transparent commitment from government – expert opinion
Comment – teamAG – Friday 20 August 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 20 August 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 13 August 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 13 August 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 06 August 2021
Comment – teamAG – Friday 06 August 2021
CEO note: Another giant elephant hunted
CEO note: Another giant elephant hunted
Another giant elephant trophy hunted – is this conservation?
Another giant elephant shot in Botswana. What are the consequences for elephants, local communities, and hunting operations?
CEO note: The ‘elephant problem’
CEO note: The ‘elephant problem’
CEO note: Okavango oil scam | Luangwa Valley | Rebranding wild dogs
CEO note: Okavango oil scam | Luangwa Valley | Rebranding wild dogs
CEO note: Elephants & oranges – Greater Kruger context
CEO note: Elephants & oranges – Greater Kruger context
Casketts citrus farm and Greater Kruger are now bedfellows
The Casketts citrus farm on the Greater Kruger border is here to stay. We consider the context and settle a few rumours and untruths
Casketts citrus farm debate
Casketts citrus farm on Greater Kruger border – conservationist Trevor Jordan provides some context in this opinion post
CEO note: Safari tips + Kili ice & otters
CEO note: Safari tips + Kili ice & otters
CEO note: And the winners are …
CEO note: And the winners are …
CEO note: Finalists!
CEO note: Finalists!
The end of SA’s shameful lion breeding industry – what now happens to the lions?
Thousands of captive-bred lions in South Africa – what is to happen to them as breeding facilities are closed down
Under immediate threat: Zambia’s Kasanka NP and world’s largest mammal migration
Threat to the world’s largest mammal migration – The buffer zone of Kasanka National Park is under threat from commercial agriculture
CEO note: Top 101 pics + Botswana rhino poaching
CEO note: Top 101 pics + Botswana rhino poaching
Rhino poaching in Botswana – why the smoke and mirrors?
Rhino poaching in Botswana – we try to make sense of the rumours and our CEO asks why the smoke and mirrors?
CEO note: Entries closed + behind the conservation scenes
CEO note: Entries closed + behind the conservation scenes
CEO note: Failure + spring-loaded cat + best pics
CEO note: Failure + spring-loaded cat + best pics
CEO note: Free at last + land of grey giants + best pics
CEO note: Free at last + land of grey giants + best pics
CEO note: Success | trophy hunting data | Amboseli
CEO note: Success | trophy hunting data | Amboseli
CEO note: Lions | lions | lions
CEO note: Lions | lions | lions
CEO note: Hope 4 elephants | Mundari | safari tips
CEO note: Hope 4 elephants | Mundari | safari tips
CEO note: Lions vs giraffes | parrot voodoo | Gorongosa
CEO note: Lions vs giraffes | parrot voodoo | Gorongosa
CEO note: Elephants – good & bad news
CEO note: Elephants – good & bad news
CEO note: Makeup monkey + elephant hunting
CEO note: Makeup monkey + elephant hunting
CEO note: ‘Problem’ lions + Africa’s 11 dog species
CEO note: ‘Problem’ lions + Africa’s 11 dog species
CEO note: Question: Largest mammal migration on Earth?
CEO note: Question: Largest mammal migration on Earth?
CEO note: More shades of grey + Laikipia + jumbo ID
CEO note: More shades of grey + Laikipia + jumbo ID
CEO note: Just in case + fences & elephants
CEO note: Just in case + fences & elephants
Do fences stop elephant migration in Botswana?
Dr Erik Verreynne discusses the claim that fences are an underlying cause of the elephant mortalities in NG11/12 in 2020 in Botswana. His assessment, based on observation of elephants, the habitat and the actual state of the fences, concludes that there is little evidence to suggest fences stop elephant migration in Seronga or that they had a measurable effect on the 2020 die-off.
CEO note: Diamonds, rhino horn and elephant auctions
CEO note: Diamonds, rhino horn and elephant auctions
CEO note: Epic images + livestock loss compensation
CEO note: Epic images + livestock loss compensation
CEO note: Hukumuri – the furore
CEO note: Hukumuri – the furore
CEO note: A poached rhino carcass & the takeaway food wrappers
CEO note: A poached rhino carcass & the takeaway food wrappers
CEO note: Those dead elephants + hyena shenanigans + best pics
CEO note: Those dead elephants + hyena shenanigans + best pics
CEO note: Kruger rhinos crash + best pics
CEO note: Kruger rhinos crash + best pics
CEO note: Gold rush + sordid past + ancient walled kingdom
CEO note: Gold rush + sordid past + ancient walled kingdom