By Boniface Keakabetse Rejuvenated by the opening of the new iconic Mohembo Bridge Okavango Community Trust (OCT) has announced plans to build a new hotel…
Botswana Mulls Wildlife Diseases surveillance programme
By Boniface Keakabetse The death of 450 elephants in Botswana’s Okavango Delta in 2020 have ignited calls for an urgent creation of a wildlife diseases…
Vultures poisoned in Chobe National Park
Boniface Keakabetse Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) has confirmed the discovery of 50 poisoned White- backed vultures at CH 1 in Chobe district.…
KAZA ELEPHANT SURVEY STARTS
Boniface Keakabetse Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) – wide coordinated aerial survey of elephants which is starting this month. The exercise is first ever…
LOCAL Conservation Organisations Lack Access to Funding
By Boniface Keakabetse Oaitse Nawa (47) is a qualified professional safari guide and founder of the budding conservation nonprofit, Elephant Protection Society (EPS). Nawa founded Elephant…
Baby Elephants Drink Goat’s Milk in Botswana
Boniface Keakabetse Elephants Havens Wildlife Foundation (EHWF) has found a sustainable way to feed orphaned baby elephants using goat’s milk to cut down the costly…
Natural Selection Participates in Wild Dog Conservation Project
Boniface Keakabetse Eco-Tourism Company, Natural Selection is engaged in a project which aims to prevent the spread of diseases – in particular Canine Distemper Virus…
In remembrance of conservation icon Veronica Roodt
Boniface Keakabetse Originally from South Africa, Veronica Roodt had spent 34 years in Botswana’s Moremi Game Reserve where she was engaged in nature conservation. The…
Botswana’s Imported Rhino Poaching Crises
Boniface Keakabetse Professor of tourism studies at University of Botswana Joseph Mbaiwa has challenged Botswana Government to learn from the Namibian community model of rhino…
Okavango Delta polers adaptation to changing flood patterns important for wildlife conservation
Boniface Keakabetse Adaptation to flood patterns and climate change is key to the sustainability of Mokoro (canoe) community poling tourism operations, a foundation of wildlife…