Endangered Wildlife Trust

07/10/2026

A healthy environment shapes every part of your day, from the air you breathe and the water you drink to the food on your table.

Across Africa, we secure and restore habitats and strengthen the natural systems that make these everyday essentials possible.

Help us keep our environment healthy.

Support the Endangered Wildlife Trust. Invest in your future.

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06/10/2026

The water you drink begins its journey long before it reaches your tap. Healthy wetlands, grasslands, forests and soils help capture, filter and store it.

Help us protect the natural systems that keep clean water flowing for wildlife, communities and every one of us.

Support the Endangered Wildlife Trust. Invest in your future.

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06/10/2026

Small species. Big conservation story.

EWT Senior Field Officer and entomologist Renier Basson joined Gugs Mhlungu and Tim Neary on 702 to unpack the fascinating world of insects, from Colophon beetles to other threatened species found across southern Africa.

The conversation explores why these often-overlooked species matter, the threats they face, and what can be done to help protect them.

🎧 Watch the full conversation here: https://f.mtr.cool/k5iq5sn829

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05/10/2026

South Africa’s future depends on how we plan the land we share.

Conservation, renewable energy and agriculture all need space. Planning them together helps us understand where these priorities overlap and how to reduce conflict.

The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) has developed the Landscape Planning Tool, with funding from the JRS Biodiversity Foundation, to help planners, government and developers see the bigger picture.
This interactive web application lets users explore an area, set land-use targets and see the resulting trade-offs on a shared map.

As World Habitat Day highlights adequate housing for all, we recognise that thriving communities also depend on the food, energy and healthy ecosystems surrounding them. Better land-use decisions help support that future.

Explore the tool: https://lnkd.in/dcRuqJyd

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05/10/2026

The plants behind traditional medicine are under pressure.

Many medicinal plants are harvested from the wild, where harvesting levels are high and unsustainable harvesting can threaten natural populations.

The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s (EWT) medicinal plant conservation initiative takes a practical approach: partnering with Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs), traders, harvesters and communities to cultivate plants and encourage sustainable use to begin reducing pressure on wild populations over time.

Already, more than 650 people have been reached, 14 cultivation courses delivered, and over 4,000 indigenous medicinal plant seedlings distributed.

We recognise the connection between biodiversity, community wellbeing and the cultural practices these species support.

Protecting Forever Together.

Funded by the UK Government through the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund.

Biodiversity Challenge Funds

02/10/2026

A Rising Star in conservation ⭐

We’re incredibly proud to share that EWT_Carnivores Conservation Field Officer Joseph Hlako has been selected as a finalist for the WESSA Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa Conservation Leadership Awards Rising Star Award.

Joseph’s work is grounded in practical conservation that brings people and wildlife closer to coexistence; from leading our Livestock Guardian Dog programme and supporting farming communities, to advancing the Honey Badger Friendly Initiative and helping protect threatened carnivores.

His energy, leadership and commitment to turning conservation science into real-world impact make this recognition so well deserved.

Congratulations, Joseph...the whole Pack is behind you. 🐾

01/10/2026

Conservation decisions are stronger when the people closest to nature are heard.

Traditional healers hold generations of knowledge about wildlife, natural resources and the environments their communities depend on.

Through VOICES — Voices of Indigenous Communities on Environmental Sustainability, the Endangered Wildlife Trust is working with traditional healers across South Africa to listen, learn and support more inclusive approaches to environmental governance and sustainable resource use.

We recognise the value of indigenous knowledge and the importance of ensuring knowledge holders have a meaningful place in conservation conversations.

Protecting Forever Together.

01/10/2026

Conservation happens in the field, one data point at a time.

A recent Rekord feature highlights EWT Field Technician Nonkululeko Makobong and the team conducting the lion population census in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

The three-month survey is helping build a clearer picture of lion numbers, demographics, and distribution, information that is critical for long-term monitoring and conservation planning.

Read the full article: https://f.mtr.cool/vbvpc8xo9r

The Kgalagadi lion census offers a glimpse into the work done by women on the front lines of conservation.

30/09/2026

The mountain had other plans. We climbed anyway.

After heavy rain made the usual Rhino Peak route unsafe, 30 ambassadors took on an alternative challenge through the magnificent Drakensberg, with a snow-covered Rhino Peak watching over the day.

But the Rhino Peak Challenge has never been about who gets to the top first. It’s about what we climb for.

Together, our 2026 ambassadors raised an incredible R1.2 million for conservation, supporting the work of the Endangered Wildlife Trust, Wildlife ACT and the Bearded Vulture Recovery Programme.

Thank you to every ambassador, donor and supporter who made it possible, and to Running Man Adventures, Ford South Africa and the Ford Wildlife Foundation, Wildlife ACT, the Bearded Vulture Recovery Programme and Kula Bars for another unforgettable Rhino Peak Challenge.

And just like that, we’re looking towards the next peak
18 September 2027.
Want to be part of it?
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30/09/2026

What if a bottle of w**e could help protect a lion?

Through the PAINTED Wolf Wines x the EWT_Carnivores campaign , funds raised are helping support satellite collars for lions; technology that can help conservation teams detect snaring, poisoning, injury, and conflict risks faster.

The campaign has already raised more than R355,000, showing what can happen when conservation and everyday choices come together.

Read the full story: https://f.mtr.cool/647xse86t6

The campaign, launched in June this year by Painted Wolf Wines (PWW) in partnership with the EWT, has already sold 488 cases in 49 days.