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    Baby Elephant Rescue

    January 30, 2017 /

    On November 2, 2016, our ground team received a call from a goat herdsman that a 5-year old elephant was roaming close to her farm alone for hours. Our Rangers immediately reported to the scene and called @dswt to arrange airlift transport to their Nairobi orphanage in a few hours time. Meanwhile, the rangers kept close eye on the baby girl elephant by keeping down wind and out of site as not to frighten her away. When it came time to prepare her for the transport, it took a team of 12 to secure her down as she struggled with fear of her capturers. After treating some minor wounds, we…

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    Keeping the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor Litter Free

    April 4, 2017

    Meet Rebecca Mututa, Wildlife Works Assistant Community Relations Officer

    November 27, 2019

    Meet the Female Rangers Protecting the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project

    August 10, 2018
  • Conservation,  Forest Communities,  Uncategorized,  Wildlife

    A Letter from Founder & President Mike Korchinsky on Our No-Gun Policy

    December 1, 2014 /

    We’d like to extend a huge thank you to our supporters and the viewers of ‘Ivory Wars’ for their outpouring of support and encouragement following the initial airings of the series set at our Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project in Kenya. Elephant poaching remains a serious issue, and we’re glad this opportunity has allowed us to more broadly bring to light its devastating affects. Since the initial airing, we’ve received some questions about the no-gun policy for our rangers. In an effort to ensure transparency and clear communication about our diligent efforts to keep our rangers safe, we’d like to share some detail about this policy, which has developed as a…

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    Boosting Reforestation Efforts in the Kasigau Corridor

    January 29, 2019

    Shell launches sustainable solution at National Sustainability Congress – Customers can offset CO2 emissions

    November 22, 2017

    Simon Kipsang; The Ranger and Co-pilot at Wildlife Works

    May 17, 2018
  • Adventures in REDD+,  Uncategorized,  Wildlife

    Wildlife Works rangers fight against illegal ivory trade

    April 30, 2013 /

    With the increase in violence linked to the rising value of ivory, Wildlife Works’ team of rangers, led by Head Ranger and Security Manager Eric Sagwe, have been working harder than ever to curb poaching and protect wildlife. The team encountered three notable events over the past few months, from poachers killing small game for meat to a large-scale slaughter for ivory, and will continue their tireless efforts to discourage poaching and protect wildlife. Recently, two poachers were caught killing small animals to sell as bush meat. The pair had slaughtered two dik diks and two hares using pangas (large, broad-bladed African knives used as tools or weapons) and confessed…

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    Honoring fallen forest heroes: Joseph Ngeti and Jessica Njeri

    February 1, 2021

    Mentoring Students in the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project

    July 13, 2019

    Highlights from our Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    December 19, 2017
  • Education,  Forest Communities,  Uncategorized

    The show must go on: Environmental film festival educates community about conservation

    March 8, 2013 /

    Wildlife Works in collaboration with Amara Conservation, an NGO promoting sustainable livelihoods through education, organized an environmental film festival for the communities surrounding our project area in Rukinga. WW Community Relation Officer Joseph Mwakima organized the program along with local teachers, the chairman of Location Carbon Committee (LCC) and the leaders of 5 villages in Kenya (Marungu, Mwatate, Mwachabo, Mwatate and Sagalla). The three-week-long program visited 13 different primary and secondary schools and traveled to 9 different communities. Using the Amara Mobile Film Unit, the team was able to show three different conservation films from the African Environmental Film Foundation (AEFF). The first film, “Wanted: Dead or Alive,” showcases the…

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    Empowering Young Boys Through MAP Training

    November 8, 2017

    Scholarships Success Stories from the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project in Kenya

    January 24, 2022

    It’s All Smiles As Wildlife Works Presents Bursaries To Schools

    October 9, 2017
  • Adventures in REDD+,  Uncategorized,  Wildlife

    Tragedy strikes Rukinga Sanctuary

    January 2, 2013 /

    WARNING: The following blog post contains graphic photos of elephants killed by ivory poachers. View at your own discretion. As the new year kicks off, we take a look back at the challenges and accomplishments of 2012. We were proud to start the year by building a nursery for Wildlife Works’ employees’ families, and thrilled to be partners with PUMA for their Creative Factory project. We welcomed our first female Wildlife rangers and happily received validation and verification for the first REDD+ project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The greatest challenge we face going into 2013 is the growing threat to wildlife from the increasingly violent ivory trade, and we…

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    Wildlife Works Rangers Rescue Lion from Poacher’s Snare

    September 17, 2019

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    November 22, 2017

    A Day in the Life of a Research Scientist at Wildlife Works

    September 26, 2019
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    Statement made in Kenya to Heighten Awareness on Elephant Poaching

    August 2, 2011 /

    Article by Jason Straziuso, Independent Newspaper   Kenya has publicly burnt elephant ivory worth £10m – at Manyani, Tsavo National Park – in an attempt to focus attention on rising poaching deaths. President Mwai Kibaki personally wielded the torch to light the bonfire of 335 confiscated tusks and 41,000 ivory trinkets. He told several hundred people gathered at a rural Kenya Wildlife Service training facility: “Through the disposal of contraband ivory, we seek to formally demonstrate to the world our determination to eliminate all forms of illegal trade in ivory.”We must all appreciate the negative effects of illegal trade to our national economies. We cannot afford to sit back and allow…

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    Inspiring Local Kids By Hiking Mountains

    May 29, 2017

    Kasigau Corridor Aerial Surveillance Annual Report: Jun 16 – Jun 17

    August 1, 2017

    Meet Jessica Njeri, Wildlife Works Female Ranger

    March 31, 2020
  • Adventures in REDD+,  Uncategorized,  Wildlife

    Elephant Poaching on Rukinga Sanctuary

    January 3, 2011 /

    3 JANUARY 2011 – Eric Sagwe, Head Ranger On Monday 3 January 2011 having checked into Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project headquarters in the morning, I and my team of eight Rangers, went out on an afternoon patrol through Rukinga Sanctuary. At 3.00pm we found some footprints of three people who we tracked off Rukinga and into a neighboring ranch. As we followed their tracks in the sand we came across their lunch break camp which was very recent, and showed evidence of bush-meat having been eaten – a small team of poachers. The tracks kept getting fresher and clearer until an hour and half later we knew we where very…

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