From the egg to the desert: an Ostrich reintroduction story

African Parks is famous for the many reintroductions they undertake in their parks, bringing back the species that intense poaching and bad management have taken out of the picture. This year I contributed to the Read More …

Up close and personal: Collaring lions in Zakouma

The first step in the lion project has been to collar 5 lions. We looked for lions living in areas that will flood in the wet season, such as Rigueik, Fatagoki and Tororo, and close Read More …

Monitoring Zakouma Lions

This year I’m working at an in-depth assessment of the lion population of Zakouma National Park. We are monitoring the lions through camera trapping, GPS collaring and individual identification to assess the challenges that the Read More …

Discovering the Crocodiles of the Guelta d’Archei

This week I started the surveys in the Guelta d’Archei to learn more about its small, isolated and little know population of crocodiles. On Monday morning I moved into my new home in Archei. Form Read More …

Out in the field in the Ennedi

This week I started the second phase of my stage with conservation non-profit African Parks which manages the Natural and Cultural Reserve of Ennedi and Zakouma National Park in partnership with the Government of Chad. While the first Read More …