Project: “Improving estimates of daily travel distances for Kalahari large herbivores” About the Study The study aims to improve daily travel distances (or day range) estimates for Kalahariwildlife in order to refine population density estimates. The focus will be on five large herbivore species lacking of empirical day range data, […]
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Mane Senwelo Jorowe joined the LEC team from the end of January to the end of May 2022 as our first Women for Conservation intern. Women FOR Conservation Botswana, which was launched by Kalahari Research & Conservation, is a programme designed to encourage and inspire local women across Botswana, and […]
Our time in Khutse has seen the increasing decline of natural fuels as the population increases and the need for firewood grows. LEC team is in the process of creating a solar cooker that can be constructed affordably for use in the community to encourage the use of solar energy […]
Monika Schiess-Meier and her team have been working in the Kalahari for over 20 years. Also this year we share stories from Khutse as always illustrated by beautiful pictures from the Kalahari ecosystem. Price: 18 CHF plus 3 CHF postage Orders: nicole.gusset(at)ieu.uzh.ch
On Endangered Species Day, LEC participated in a fundraiser with our partner WildTrack. Our joint tracking project will enable us to determine with greater certainty to which individual different spoors belong. In this way, we can gain an even better understanding of what is happening within the leopard and lion […]