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Education as a Foundation for Wildlife Conservation: Training for 72 Teachers in the Okavango - from 26.08.2026, in category: Africa

What does a handmade “Crocodile TV” have to do with wildlife conservation? More than you might think.

Water for Elephants: How a Simple Solution Enables Coexistence in Botswana - from 26.08.2026, in category: Elephant Conservation

What happens when elephants urgently need water – but damage the very infrastructure that provides it? In NG3 in Botswana, a current project shows how a relatively simple structural change can make a big difference.

Successful Conservation Starts in the Field – Farmer Workshop Strengthens Coexistence Between People and Wildlife in Botswana - from 16.07.2026, in category: Lion Protection

When we think of Botswana, images of elephants, lions, and untouched wilderness often come to mind. What’s easily forgotten is that thousands of people live in the midst of these landscapes and share their habitat with wild animals every day

Children Become Ambassadors for Species Conservation – 216 Graduates Celebrate Their Completion of the SAVE Playgroups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - from 16.07.2026, in category: DRC

Graduation Ceremony for a SAVE Playgroup in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Empowering women, enabling species conservation: New steps in Botswana - from 28.05.2026, in category: Hippo Protection

We have taken an important step towards strengthening women-led communities in our project area in Botswana.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Partnership established with conservation authority to protect mountain gorillas - from 05.05.2026, in category: DRC

On April 10, 2026, our team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo took an important step toward long-term nature conservation: a technical and institutional partnership was established with the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN).

Education for Conservation (E4C) in Poland: Our SAVE team brings wolf research directly into the classroom - from 04.05.2026, in category: Botswana

Our team in Poland visited the elementary school in Mirzec today and got around 40 children interested in wolves and our research work. Together with the scout groups "Mirzecka Pack" and "Courageous Wolves", we explained how we observe wolves, understand their movements and derive protective measures from this. It was not just about facts, but above all about a better understanding of the life of these animals in a changing landscape.

Painting, playing, and learning about the environment – Thank you to our sponsor, the Gertrud Frohn Foundation - from 23.03.2026, in category: Educational work

Our workbooks have arrived.

Thanks to this generous support, essential learning materials could be produced and distributed: the workbooks (Volumes 1–3) have been delivered to our SAVE networks in Botswana (Maun, Boteti, Chobe, Shakawe, Tutume Central), where children in our playgroups are already using them with great enthusiasm.

Peaceful Coexistence – Cooperation between SAVE, Prowildlife and 24 Gute Taten e.V. advances lion protection in Botswana - from 21.11.2025, in category: Botswana

Thanks to the support of 24 Gute Taten e.V., SAVE Wildlife has significantly strengthened lion conservation in Botswana. Through education, protective measures, and close cooperation with local farmers, human–lion conflicts have decreased, fewer livestock and lions are being killed, and the local ranger team has been expanded.

Teacher Training Strengthens Environmental Education in Congolese Playgroups - from 13.11.2025, in category: Uncategorized

To strengthen early environmental education within the E4C program, the SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund DRC conducted a five-day teacher training in early November 2025. Educators from four playgroups learned practical methods to better integrate environmental education with the national preschool curriculum, promote play-based learning, and create stimulating learning environments.

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