A2A Safaris - Wildlife Conservationhttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservationenThe Time is Now – Africa’s Role in Addressing the State of the Planethttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/the-time-now-%E2%80%93-africa%E2%80%99s-role-addressing-the-state-the-planet<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>The dawn of 2021 marks one of the most profound moments in time – the alignment of the hopes, dreams, hard work and commitment of passionate people around the globe to “flatten the curve” for both the COVID-19 pandemic and biodiversity conservation. 2020 will reverberate through history for many reasons, not least as the year...</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/sustainable-tourism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Sustainable Tourism</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, 01 Jan 2021 07:00:49 +0000Anonymous3510 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/the-time-now-%E2%80%93-africa%E2%80%99s-role-addressing-the-state-the-planet#commentsRwanda’s Seeds of Conservation Burst Into Bloomhttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/rwanda%E2%80%99s-seeds-conservation-burst-bloom<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>Tucked into the Great Rift Valley and featuring the imposing Virunga Mountain range with its cloud forests and chain of volcanoes, the small country of Rwanda has overcome much to transform this beautiful corner of Africa into one of the continent’s most sought-after travel destinations. The enduring legacy of forgiveness and compassion expressed by Rwanda’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/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/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:00:03 +0000Anonymous3447 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/rwanda%E2%80%99s-seeds-conservation-burst-bloom#commentsRhino Calf Breathes New Life into Species Conservation Projecthttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/rhino-calf-breathes-new-life-species-conservation-project<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>Since its inception in 2002, one of the Grumeti Fund’s main goals has been returning eastern black rhino to the western Serengeti; establishing a founder population contributing to the genetic pool and bolstering the greater Serengeti-Mara ecosystem’s rhino population. A couple of months ago, this ambitious conservation project reached an important and exciting goal: the...</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/grumeti-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Grumeti Fund</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, 13 Aug 2020 07:00:04 +0000Anonymous3442 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/rhino-calf-breathes-new-life-species-conservation-project#commentsContributing to the Conservation of Kruger’s Black Rhinoshttps://www.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 +0000Anonymous2753 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/contributing-to-the-conservation-kruger%E2%80%99s-black-rhinos#commentsSingita: Celebrating 25 Years of Conservationhttps://www.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 +0000Anonymous2743 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/singita-celebrating-25-years-conservation#commentsSingita Grumeti’s Latest Weapon in the War on Poachinghttps://www.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 +0000Anonymous2684 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.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://www.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 +0000Anonymous2625 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/boots-the-ground-how-120-singita-game-scouts-protect-350000-acres-the-serengeti#commentsProtecting & Preserving the Wildlife at Singita Pamushanahttps://www.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 +0000Anonymous2519 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.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://www.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 +0000Anonymous2485 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/how-the-singita-grumeti-fund-quadrupled-plains-game-numbers-the-western-serengeti-under-15#commentsProtecting Wildlife & Wilderness for Future Generationshttps://www.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 +0000Anonymous2467 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/protecting-wildlife-wilderness-future-generations#comments