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To encourage & assist people of Zim to understand the importance of wildlife & the environment, to conserve Zim’s natural resources for the wellbeing of current, future generations & to ensure that the use of these natural resources is fair & sustainable.

12/10/2026

WHY DO WE COUNT?

Why spend hours beside a waterhole counting animals? Why walk a transect recording what you see? Why note the 37th kudu, the 243rd elephant, or that for several hours you saw almost nothing at all?

Because conservation needs more than good intentions. It needs information.

Every wildlife count gives us a snapshot of what was observed at a particular place and time. Repeat those observations carefully, year after year, and those snapshots begin to reveal something far more important: CHANGE.

📈 Are some species being recorded more or less often?
🐘 Where are animals concentrating?
💧 How does water availability affect what we see?
🌿 What is happening to habitat and vegetation?
🦓 Are wildlife distribution patterns changing?

And are those changes happening everywhere, or only in certain landscapes?
That is why WEZ’s national Game Counts are so valuable.

In Hwange, volunteers contribute to a remarkable long-term record stretching back more than half a century.
At Mana Pools, counting takes place across the unique Zambezi Valley landscape, using static sites and walking transects.
In Gonarezhou, observations help build our understanding of wildlife in Zimbabwe’s south-eastern Lowveld.

These ecosystems are very different and that is exactly the point. Good conservation decisions need information from different habitats, species and parts of the country.

A Game Count is not a competition to see who records the most animals.

A quiet site is still telling us something.
A missing species can matter.
Zero is data too.

No single year tells the whole story. The real power comes from careful, consistent observations collected over time.

Because before we can recognise change, we must observe it.
Before we can make good conservation decisions, we need evidence.
And before we can protect Zimbabwe’s extraordinary natural heritage, we need to know what we have.

Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe
Watching. Recording. Learning. Conserving.

05/10/2026

The last game count of 2026 is in just a few weeks time.
Have you signed up yet?

01/10/2026

WHAT DID WE SEE?
WEZ GAME COUNTS ACROSS ZIMBABWE

From the great floodplain of Mana Pools, across the vast landscapes of Hwange, to the wild south-eastern Lowveld of Gonarezhou, WEZ volunteers have been doing something remarkably simple, and remarkably valuable.
Watching. Recording. Counting.

Every year, volunteers give their time to help observe Zimbabwe's wildlife and build a better picture of what is happening in some of our country's most important protected areas.

And every count has its stories.
🐘 An elephant herd appearing silently from the bush.
🦁 The sudden excitement of a predator sighting.
🦌 An unexpected species arriving at a water point.
🦅 The birds, reptiles and smaller creatures that remind us that conservation is about far more than the famous animals.
And, occasionally, hours of almost nothing at all!
But that matters too.

Over the coming weeks, the observations from the different counts will be checked and compiled before we begin drawing conclusions from the data.

So we won't rush the numbers. Instead, let's first celebrate what our volunteers experienced in the field.

📍 HWANGE - If you counted in Hwange and have an exciting story, let us know!
📍 MANA POOLS - If you counted in Mana and have an exciting story, let us know!
📍 **GONAREZHOU - If you are going to count in Gonarezhou, let us know if something exciting happens while you are there!

Three extraordinary Zimbabwean landscapes. Different habitats. Different wildlife communities. Different observations.
But one shared purpose: To watch carefully enough to notice change.

To every volunteer, coordinator, branch member and supporter who makes these counts possible thank you.
This is citizen science in action.
This is conservation in action.
This is WEZ.

Were you involved in one of this year's Game Counts?
Tell us where you counted and your most memorable sighting!
Lets share our amazing experiences so other people can understand the bush, goals, and reasons why we do this.
Email the Secretary on [email protected]

25/09/2026

YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A SCIENTIST TO HELP SCIENCE

What happens when you give a child a pair of binoculars, a notebook and a waterhole full of wildlife? Something rather wonderful.

They stop simply looking at animals, and start observing them.
“What species is that?” “How many are there?”
“Are there males and females?” “Are there young ones?”
“What time did they arrive?”
“Which direction did they come from?”

And suddenly, without necessarily realising it, that young person has taken their first steps into citizen science.

Every year, the WEZ Hwange Game Count brings people together to observe and record wildlife at water points across Hwange National Park. And for the last 3 years, we have held a Junior Game count in Hwang national park.

Those observations become data. And data collected consistently over time helps us build a picture of wildlife populations, distribution, water use and changes within the ecosystem. But perhaps there is another result that is just as important.

We create conservationists. A child who learns to identify an impala from a kudu, recognise tracks in the sand, sit quietly beside a waterhole and record what arrives begins to understand that nature isn't something separate from us.

It is something worth knowing. And what we know, we are far more likely to value and protect. That is why introducing young Zimbabweans to wildlife and environmental monitoring matters.

Today's curious child could be tomorrow's ecologist, ranger, conservationist, guide, researcher, or simply an adult who cares deeply about Zimbabwe's natural heritage. And we need every one of them.

Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe
Inspiring the next generation of conservationists.

22/09/2026

WORLD RHINO DAY

There are few moments in the African bush quite like seeing a rhino.
Ancient-looking. Powerful. Surprisingly quiet.

An animal that has walked this earth in one form or another for millions of years, yet whose future now depends heavily upon what we choose to do.

Today, on World Rhino Day, WEZ celebrates Zimbabwe’s rhinos and, just as importantly, the extraordinary people working to ensure they remain part of our wild landscapes.

Rhino conservation is about far more than stopping poaching.
It means protecting habitat. It means monitoring populations.
It means research and good wildlife management.
It means supporting the rangers and conservation teams who protect them.
It means educating the next generation about why a living rhino is infinitely more valuable than its horn.

And it means ensuring that communities living alongside wildlife can also see meaningful benefits from conservation.

A rhino should never become something Zimbabwean children know only from photographs and history books. These animals are part of our natural heritage. Their future belongs to all of us. Today, share a rhino. Talk about rhinos.
Teach a child about rhinos.
Support the people protecting rhinos.

Because awareness may seem like a small action, but conservation begins when people care enough to act.

Happy World Rhino Day from Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe.
And thank you to those who protect them.

20/09/2026

Time for fun!
Safe travels to all our volunteers heading up to Hwange for the Game count.
May you have great sightings, good weather,
and most of all GOOD LUCK navigating your way up there.

WEZ is truly humbled knowing that you are taking your precious time traveling on the bad road, and we cannot thank you enough.

18/09/2026

WHEN WE ALL NEED WATER

Imagine reaching the end of Zimbabwe’s long dry season. Your crops, livestock and family need water. Just beyond your community, an elephant herd needs exactly the same thing.

Whose need matters more? The uncomfortable answer is that both do.
As natural water and food become scarcer, wildlife may travel greater distances or concentrate around available resources. Where wildlife areas and human communities meet, those movements can bring people and animals into conflict.

And “human-wildlife conflict” can sound rather clinical until we remember what it actually means. It can mean a farmer losing a crop that was supposed to feed a family. It can mean livestock being killed. It can mean damaged property.
Sometimes, tragically, it can mean injury or loss of human life.
And for wildlife, conflict can mean injury, retaliation and death.

Successful conservation therefore cannot simply ask communities to live with the consequences of wildlife. That is a harsh request.

We need to keep searching for practical ways for people and wildlife to coexist, through better planning, research, early-warning systems, protection of wildlife corridors, appropriate deterrents, community participation and a better understanding of animal movements.

Protecting Zimbabwe’s wildlife and protecting the wellbeing of Zimbabwe’s people are not opposing goals at all. Long-term conservation depends upon achieving both together.

Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe - What examples of successful human-wildlife coexistence have you seen in Zimbabwe? We'd love to hear about them in the comments.

Photo Credit - C Gillies 2025 Photo Competition.

16/09/2026

ZIMBABWE TRIVIA

Have you got your copy yet?
700 questions & Answers about our amazing country.
Fun for the whole family on long road trips, or just your picnics out in the bush.

We are pleased to let you know we still have a few copies on sale.
Contact the branch near you!

14/09/2026

THE DRY SEASON IS NOT A DEAD SEASON

Look across Zimbabwe’s bushveld in September and, at first glance, it can seem as though the landscape has simply shut down. Desolate and Desperate.

The grass is dry. The earth is dusty. Trees stand bare against a harsh hazy sky. Waterholes shrink fast and the first rains can still feel like such a very long way away.

But look a little closer.......
The dry season is not a dead season. It is an extraordinary period of survival.
🌾 Grasses have completed their growing cycle and have scattered their seed.
🌳 Many trees have dropped their leaves to conserve precious moisture.
🦌 Wildlife adjusts its movements as food and water become harder to find.
🐘 Water-dependent animals travel between increasingly important water sources and feeding grounds.
🦅 Predators and scavengers respond to the changing movements and condition of their prey, and often its a good time for them.

In places such as the hard to get to areas of Hwange National Park, Mana Pools, Gonarezhou where natural surface water becomes extremely scarce during the dry months, these pressures become particularly visible.

This is nature stripped back to its essentials, water, food, shelter and survival.
And it reminds us of something very important: Conservation isn't only about protecting individual animals. It is about protecting the functioning ecosystems that allow them to survive.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll take you deeper into Zimbabwe’s late dry season, its wildlife, its challenges, and some of the people working to understand and protect it.

Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe
Working for wildlife, people and the environment.

Photo credit - D. Waters 2025 Photo competition.

13/09/2026

For all our Harare based folks.
Something fun and engaging to do.

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