A2A Safaris - Wildlife Conservationhttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservationenContributing to the Conservation of Kruger’s Black Rhinoshttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/contributing-to-the-conservation-kruger%E2%80%99s-black-rhinos<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>According to statistics released by the national Department of Environmental Affairs last month, 1,028 rhinos were killed in South Africa in 2017. Although this represents a very small decline compared to the previous year, it is no reason to celebrate; poachers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their methods and expanding their operations across borders to other...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/black-rhino" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">black rhino</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/kruger-national-park" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Kruger National Park</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 07:00:51 +0000Anonymous2000 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/contributing-to-the-conservation-kruger%E2%80%99s-black-rhinos#commentsSingita: Celebrating 25 Years of Conservationhttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/singita-celebrating-25-years-conservation<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>25 years ago, on a piece of family-owned land in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Game Reserve, a boutique safari lodge opened on the banks of the Sand River, setting the pace for a new brand of luxury safari experiences. Singita Ebony Lodge would become the first of 12 environmentally sensitive properties dotted across Africa, forming...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/general" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:00:13 +0000Anonymous1992 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/singita-celebrating-25-years-conservation#commentsSingita Grumeti’s Latest Weapon in the War on Poachinghttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/singita-grumeti%E2%80%99s-latest-weapon-the-war-poaching<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>Protecting the western corridor of the Serengeti from the threat of illegal hunting is a critical part of the Singita Grumeti Fund‘s role as custodian of this fragile ecosystem. Having worked to overcome the erstwhile neglect of this region and the subsequent environmental crisis, the now flourishing landscape and its abundant wildlife population remain at...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/anti-poaching" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Anti-Poaching</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/luxury-safari-tanzania" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">luxury safari in Tanzania</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/singita-grumeti" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Singita Grumeti</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Thu, 23 Nov 2017 07:00:07 +0000Anonymous1948 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/singita-grumeti%E2%80%99s-latest-weapon-the-war-poaching#commentsBoots on the Ground: How 120 Singita Game Scouts Protect 350,000 Acres of the Serengetihttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/boots-the-ground-how-120-singita-game-scouts-protect-350000-acres-the-serengeti<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>The Serengeti is a vast wilderness; a large and fragile ecosystem that suffered the ravages of uncontrolled hunting and rampant poaching for many years. The establishment of much-needed conservation initiatives and non-profit organisations like the Singita Grumeti Fund (SGF) has had an enormous impact on the biodiversity of the region in recent times. Where 20...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/anti-poaching" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Anti-Poaching</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/singita-grumeti" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Singita Grumeti</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 07:00:24 +0000Anonymous1926 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/boots-the-ground-how-120-singita-game-scouts-protect-350000-acres-the-serengeti#commentsProtecting & Preserving the Wildlife at Singita Pamushanahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/protecting-preserving-the-wildlife-singita-pamushana<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>Singita Pamushana Lodge overlooks a lake in the remote reaches of the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve in southeastern Zimbabwe; a virtually untouched wilderness that comprises 38 different habitats and ecological zones in 130,000 acres of protected land. This extraordinary piece of Africa is a thriving wildlife area and home to one of the highest concentrations of...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/singita-pamushana-lodge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Singita Pamushana Lodge</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Fri, 12 May 2017 07:00:26 +0000Anonymous1895 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/protecting-preserving-the-wildlife-singita-pamushana#commentsHow the Singita Grumeti Fund Quadrupled Plains Game Numbers in the Western Serengeti in Under 15 Yearshttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/how-the-singita-grumeti-fund-quadrupled-plains-game-numbers-the-western-serengeti-under-15<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>It’s easy to imagine the Serengeti as a series of enormous, grassy plains traversed by millions of wildebeest, gazelles, zebras and buffalos on the renowned annual migratory route. Popular culture would have most people believe that the region has always been teeming with game, when in fact, the Western Corridor of the Serengeti was in...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/anti-poaching" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Anti-Poaching</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/singita-grumeti" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Singita Grumeti</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 07:00:49 +0000Anonymous1882 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/how-the-singita-grumeti-fund-quadrupled-plains-game-numbers-the-western-serengeti-under-15#commentsProtecting Wildlife & Wilderness for Future Generationshttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/protecting-wildlife-wilderness-future-generations<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>To preserve and protect large areas of African wilderness for future generations. It sounds like a simple enough idea, but Singita’s 100 year purpose is an enduring one based on two decades of total commitment to conservation that has had an enormous effect on the areas of African wilderness under our care. It is an idea that drives every...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 07:00:48 +0000Anonymous1875 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/protecting-wildlife-wilderness-future-generations#commentsConscious Conservation: Our Highlights & Goalshttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/conscious-conservation-our-highlights-goals<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>Singita’s enduring purpose is simple, but also critically important to the safekeeping of Africa’s most precious wilderness areas: conserve and protect the miraculous places of which we are custodians. With a million acres of land under our care, it is a mammoth task to bring together wildlife conservation, eco-friendly tourism, and community support, but one...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Tue, 03 Jan 2017 07:00:42 +0000Anonymous1861 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/conscious-conservation-our-highlights-goals#commentsThe Alarming Results of the Great Elephant Censushttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/the-alarming-results-the-great-elephant-census<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>Habitat loss. Climate change. Human conflict. There are many reasons why elephants, arguably the continent’s most iconic animals, are disappearing from African landscapes, but the biggest threat to this vulnerable species is humans; specifically those that hunt them illegally to trade in their ivory. The rapid decline in their numbers prompted philanthropist Paul G. Allen’s...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Environment</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/elephants" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">elephants</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 07:00:07 +0000Anonymous1840 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/the-alarming-results-the-great-elephant-census#commentsGiants Club Summit: Protecting Africa’s Elephantshttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/giants-club-summit-protecting-africa%E2%80%99s-elephants<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>On 29 and 30 April 2016, some of the world’s biggest voices will come together for the first time to speak up for one of its biggest inhabitants. The inaugural <a href="http://spaceforgiants.org/giantsclub/" target="_blank">Giants Club Summit</a> is set to take place in Kenya and will bring together African heads of state, global celebrities, corporate leaders, philanthropists and conservationists to address elephant poaching on the continent and discuss long-term solutions to this problem. The summit will also address how to protect rapidly diminishing elephant habitats and ensure that Africa’s giants will have a home in the future.</p>
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<p>As “ecosystem engineers”, elephants play a key role in their environments, making contributions as diverse as maintaining open wooded savanna, increasing water flow to streams and creating habitat for a multitude of smaller creatures. They are also one of the most charismatic of Africa’s wildlife, highly sought after by tourists, and therefore a major contributor to the revenue generated by conservation tourism. However, as a result of poaching and habitat loss, elephant numbers have plummeted from over a million in 1980 to less than 450,000 today. Since 2009, poaching rates have skyrocketed, and experts estimate 30-40,000 elephants are currently being killed every year for their ivory. At these rates, the possibility of the extinction of the African elephant in our lifetime is real.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15860" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SSS10.-Resized-768x400.jpg" alt="Elephants at Singita" width="768" height="400" srcset="http://469uj5355hpj1cwksq2n1n1a.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SSS10.-Resized-768x400.jpg 768w, http://469uj5355hpj1cwksq2n1n1a.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SSS10.-Resized-768x400-300x156.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></p>
<p>With a million acres of African wilderness and thriving elephant populations under our protection, Singita is acutely aware of this ever-growing problem and the need to keep these vulnerable landscapes and their fauna and flora safe. This why we’re so excited about the Giants Club Summit and can’t wait to see the workable solutions that will result from it.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15861" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ellie.jpg" alt="Elephants at Singita" width="768" height="326" srcset="http://469uj5355hpj1cwksq2n1n1a.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ellie.jpg 768w, http://469uj5355hpj1cwksq2n1n1a.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ellie-300x127.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></p>
<p><em>To make sure you too stay up to date with all the latest summit developments, head to Twitter and keep an eye on #giantsclub. You can also read about the latest elephant sightings at Singita in our monthly <a href="http://singita.com/wildlife-reports/" target="_blank">Wildlife Reports</a>.</em></p>
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</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/anti-poaching" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Anti-Poaching</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/elephant-poaching" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">elephant poaching</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/elephants" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">elephants</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:00:40 +0000Anonymous1508 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/giants-club-summit-protecting-africa%E2%80%99s-elephants#comments