Dear Friends of the College 2018 has been quite a year for us filled with highlights, challenges, introspection, sleepless nights, arduous days out in the field and the ever-inspiring commitment from the team and our supporters. It really does fill me with great pride when I see the progress that has been made across all […]
With thanks to Elna de Beer and Linda Hlengwa for their detailed feedback. During the final Training Advisory Working Group gathering of 2018, the focus was on the review process conducted by the RISE team on the Community Development and Conservation (CDC) module. It was a true “Learning by Doing” approach, as the content of […]
Visit to the College The Trust was thrilled to have a number of our donors join us in November for two extraordinary days at the College, to attend the “highlight event of the year”, the Natural Resource Management student dinner, followed by the graduation ceremony the next day. A sense of anticipation hung in the […]
Southern African Wildlife College CEO Theresa Sowry recently attended the annual dinner of The Royal Foundation. Hosted by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, the private function was at Victoria House in London. Since Prince Harry’s visit to the College at the end of 2015, The Royal Foundation has […]
There is no doubt that the iIlegal wildlife trade is one of the biggest threats being faced globally, with species such as elephant, rhino, lion and pangolin being targeted across the African region. Without trained men and women on the ground, who are able to manage their wildlife areas sustainably, whilst also protecting vulnerable species […]
In 2018, many of our Higher Education and Training students have been involved in collecting valuable bird observation data in and around the campus. This is of course a really important form of environmental monitoring, where we can undertake presence and absence studies, but, also track changes over time. With the ever-present and emerging threat […]
Earth Overshoot Day was on 1 August this year. Throughout the world this day is remembered as the day we finish our allocated budget of natural resources for the year and begin operating on a deficit budget, because we have gone beyond ecological limits. Just like a bank account in red, we are on ecological […]
The last few months have been rather strange weather wise. Normally we start to experience a few warm days during September with a light rain shower here and there, so when October arrives we already have a slightly elevated humidity factor. This coupled with blistering hot days makes for a rather uncomfortable time in the […]
The Southern African Wildlife College has an ethos of inclusion of all people, of all ages, ethnicities, religions, and abilities. Launched in 1995, Casual Day is an awareness and fundraising campaign benefiting persons with disabilities. Each year on the first Friday of September, South Africans are encouraged to go to work or school dressed differently […]
During 2018, we spent a lot of time obtaining stakeholder feedback on the kinds of programmes we could offer that would lead to job placement. This was largely as a result of the fact that a number of students who completed our SADC programme in 2017 were yet to be absorbed into the industry. In […]