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Asking the questions that lead to a sustainable future for people, places and planet.
Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation

Future Ecosystems for Africa

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African Wildlife Economy Institute

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Rewilding Madagascar
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Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Grant

JWO Research Grant

The JWO Research Grant is a US$150,000 grant for an early career scientist with strong links to a credible African institution. Research proposed should address a real-world African issue of current and future importance.

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Latest News

Taste of Game 2022 Chefs
June 13, 2022
Conversations from Taste of Game: Is game meat the next game changer?

Game meat is increasingly being publicised as a sustainable food choice that can ensure wildlife conservation while also injecting funds into the economy and providing opportunities for community livelihood creation.

Tipping Points Ep4
June 3, 2022
Tipping Points Ep 4: Paying the price – Is a conservation economy worth it?

There is a need to unlock fresh opportunities in Africa; to develop wildlife economies that conserve wildlife, ensure community well-being, and sustain ecological processes well into the future.

Shangani
May 31, 2022
Game reserve or cattle ranch? Why not both?

Looked at one way it’s a game reserve. In another, it’s a vast cattle ranch. Or prime rangeland. Whichever way one looks at it, Shangani Holistic, in the Zimbabwe midlands, lives up to its name, fusing all the elements of its ecosystem so that each flourishes to the benefit of the others.

Mosquito
May 30, 2022
Artificial light may become a new weapon in the fight to control malaria

The use of artificial lights to trick malaria-transmitting mosquito species that feed nocturnally into behaving as if it’s daytime

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MRI Whale Unit – UP, Durrell Conservation Trust