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Scaling coexistence across East Africa
A middle-aged woman stood beside sacks of freshly harvested maize, more than she could ever remember harvesting in recent years.
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Turning uncertainty into purpose
When Yvonne Seline Ekesa received her university admission letter to study Conservation Biology at Kenyatta University, her first reaction… confusion.
E-biosphere09 conference in London 1st to 3rd June 2009
The e-Biosphere 09 International Conference on Biodiversity Informatics brought together an exceptional array of speakers and participants to highlight the achievements in Biodiversity Informatics today and to discuss strategies for its future. This...
Collaring the coastal elephants (Kipini Conservancy)
On the 13th of February Save the Elephants and the Kenya Wildlife Service sent a team of eight down to the North Kenyan coast in pursuit of some of Kenya’s last coastal elephants. In this remote and wild forest that flanks the shores of the Indian...
The Death of Esidai
We received a phone call of the death from Sasaab Lodge Manager, Tony that there was a big bull lying opposite their lodge on the south bank with a collar and only one tusk. Everyone reacted with the assumption that he had been shot because we have...
The Secret Life of Elephants Reviews
BBC One, 9pm Here's one for folk who enjoy watching elephants mucking around in the sunshine with thoroughly nice people looking out for their welfare. Save the Elephants is an African charity led by Iain Douglas-Hamilton and his daughter Saba,...
Report on deaths of two elephants at West Gate area
We received a report from one of the lion researchers who is stationed in West gate saying that a sick elephant had been sighted in that area few days ago now and that we needed to go and haved look. The following day my team and I left early in the...
Samburu Long Term Monitoring Monthly Report Dec 2008
A brief summary of recordings in Samburu on the Long Term Monitoring for the month of Dec 2008. Total monthly rainfall: Nil Number of Days Spent Monitoring: 14 days Total Number of Individuals Recorded: 265 Total Number Bulls:...
Samburu Long Term Monitoring Monthly Report Nov 2008
A brief summary of recordings in Samburu on the Long Term Monitoring for the month of Nov 2008. Total monthly rainfall: 374 Number of Days Spent Monitoring: 18 days Total Number of Individuals Recorded: 522 Total Number Bulls:...
Samburu Long Term Monitoring Monthly Report Oct 2008
A brief summary of recordings in Samburu on the Long Term Monitoring for the month of Oct 2008. Total monthly rainfall: 385 Number of Days Spent Monitoring: 16 days Total Number of Individuals Recorded: 446 Total Number Bulls: 6 Total...
Family Ties – The Elephants of Samburu
An African Love Story In February 2007, Michael ‘Nick’ Nichols, famous field cameraman for the National Geographic, and his assistant Nathan Williamson, came to Samburu on a mission to photograph the Samburu elephants through Save the...
Samburu Long Term Monitoring Monthly Report Aug 2008
A brief summary of recordings in Samburu on the Long Term Monitoring for the month of August 2008. Total monthly rainfall: Nil extremely hot Number of Days Spent Monitoring: 15 days Total Number of Individuals Recorded: 295 Total Number...