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Welcome To “The Most Wonderful Classroom In The World”
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To identify, monitor and taken actions on environmental problems, the Marula region’s People and Conservation department of the Kruger National Park hosted advanced in-depth teacher training workshops to help teachers...


From The Bottom Of A Borehole To Satellite Heights, It All Falls Under Izak’s Eagle Eye
Krugerpark News Information: Izak Smit has been a regular visitor to the Kruger National Park since he can remember and it was therefore a dream come true for him when he was appointed as a research manager in Skukuza from July 2005. Izak’s responsibility is to conduct...
Valuable Donations To Rehabilitation Centre
Krugerpark News Information: The South African Tourism office in Amsterdam, in partnership with the South African/Dutch Chamber of Commerce (SANEC), recently held an auction at an exclusive golf day...
Leopard Catches Croc For Dinner
Krugerpark News Information: Nedick Bila, senior field guide at Shingwedzi Camp, and eight guests were treated to an exceptional sighting when they saw a leopard killing a crocodile at Shingwedzi high level bridge...
New Project Focussing On Large Birds Launched
Krugerpark News Information: All of the data will feed into a national database, so that the EWT Birds of Prey Working Group can get an idea of how well these unique birds are coping with environmental changes across South Africa...
A Different View of the River
Krugerpark News Information: SANParks scientific services staff from Skukuza in the Kruger National Park (KNP) put on brave faces and took up the challenge of some Sabie River white water...
Enviro Perspectives with Dave Rushworth
Krugerpark News Information: All beetles belong to the order Coleoptera - which is 'the largest and most diverse order in the entire animal kingdom'. Of at least 370,000 identified species, 18,000 are known from the southern African region...
Two-metre Croc Attacks Girl, in her Own Swimming Pool
Krugerpark News Information: Who would have expected that a normal swim on a Monday afternoon would turn into one of the most traumatic experiences of one's life...
Transformation and Debunking Stereotypes Discussed by Honorary Rangers
Krugerpark News Information: Honorary rangers are often perceived as the 'rich guys who do things in the parks', and this perception needs to be changed with hard work and dedication from all HR's...
Butterfly Wishlist – Part 2
Krugerpark News Information: Some butterflies are regarded as quite rare and sometimes a first for a certain area, therefore the general public is asked to assist in spotting and recording their findings regarding butterflies...
The Development of the Norms and Standards for the Management of Elephants in South Africa - a Timeline
Krugerpark News Information: In September 2005, South African minister of environmental affairs and tourism, announced that the cabinet has given him a mandate to develop Norms and Standards for Elephant Management...
Scientists Figure out how to Keep Track of the Slow Changes in Vegetation
Krugerpark News Information: There are countless numbers of trees and shrubs growing in the two million hectares of the Kruger National Park. Just how to best survey this complex vegetation system is the current focus...
How do Tree Seedlings Survive all the Hungry Herbivores?
Krugerpark News Information: Investigating whether browsing antelope are eating the young seedlings as they start to grow and if this is having an effect on the survival and growth of particular tree species...
Something to Brag About: The World's Biggest Collection of Dung
Krugerpark News Information: When scientists around the world think of dung, they think of Jim Mead. Mead, a researcher at Northern Arizona University, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on animal dung...
SA to Lift Moratorium on Elephant Culling
Krugerpark News Information: As of May 1, 2008, a moratorium that was placed on the culling of elephants in 1995 will be lifted. This was one of the options in the final norms and standards for elephant management...
Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Represented at World Congress in Spain
Krugerpark News Information: Debby Thomson, project coordinator for the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere, attended the 3rd World Congress on Biospheres, hosted by UNESCO in the city of Madrid from February 4 to 9, 2008...
Kruger Park Changes Day Visitor Booking Policy
Krugerpark News Information: Day visitors to the Kruger National Park will no longer be able to book their entry as this will be done on a strict first come first served basis. KNP gate quotas are based on considerations like...
Eager Students Begin their Experiential Training
Krugerpark News Information: Each year the Kruger National Park hosts conservation diploma students from various learning institutions around the country for a year of 'experiential training'...
Enviro Perspectives with Dave Rushworth
Krugerpark News Information: At this time of year there are numerous flowers to be seen by the keen observer. Many are long lived, or come out in progression over a long period. Others bloom for a very short time...
Volunteers Geared up for 2008
Krugerpark News Information: The 2008 Global Vision International volunteers spent their last days at Letaba at the end of January in preparation for their duties in the year ahead. Each year GVI places volunteers for six months or one year...