News Update Sept 2020

Reacting to public outrage and a legal challenge in early Sept 2020 against proposed coal mining within Hwange National Park, the Zimbabwe government has announced that “Mining on all areas held by National Parks is banned”. This is a...

Report from Dr Rob Rees (BVSC) – August 2020

Shakwankie Wilderness As previously reported in June 2020, more than 400 elephants died in the Okavango Panhandle area in Botswana of undetermined causes. On the 4th July Hwange Lion Research (HLR) undertook a camera trap survey in the Shakwankie Wilderness Area of...

Critical Work in Hwange

Covid-19 has turned the world upside down. Conservation wise, a disaster is unfolding as communities around our National Parks become hungry and desperate. With the lockdown still in place and inter-city travel banned, there are few eyes and ears in our Parks to...

Elephant Deaths in Botswana

Reports of deaths of elephants north of the Okavango Delta in Botswana is cause for much concern. The first carcass was found on the 11th May, 2020 near Seronga and the death toll has now risen to over 400. Both sexes and all ages are dying. Reports indicate that the...

Misleading Report of Theft

Friends of Hwange Trust would like to reassure everyone that the report currently circulating on social media regarding the theft of solar panels from Hwange National Park is misleading and erroneous. Although a couple of water pumps and a few solar panels have been...

Fire Prevention in Hwange

Hwange National Park along with all parks, reserves and recreational facilities in Zimbabwe, has been closed to the public for the past seven weeks due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The lack of tourism is having a disastrous knock on effect on the economy, but thanks to...