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Studying Trees and Grass from the Sky
Krugerpark News Information: Focussing on and utilising remote sensing technology, German geography student, Claudia Jobst, (25) is on a quest to detect and map tree density in the Skukuza area...
The Naked Scientist in South Africa
Krugerpark News Information: Learning how to report on science was the theme of a recent conference held in Craighall Park, Johannesburg. Chris Smith, who has a radio show and an interesting, interactive website (thenakedscientists.com)...
Tragic Accident in Kruger Claims Five Lives
Krugerpark News Information: A holiday in the Kruger National Park ended in tragedy when an accident claimed the lives of five people on the road between the Phalaborwa entrance gate and the Mopani rest camp in the Park on Thursday November 29, 2007...
Singita Chef Scoops Coveted Rising Chef Trophy
Krugerpark News Information: Clinton Drake, head chef of Singita Lebombo Lodge in the Kruger National Park, has won the coveted title of Relais & Châteaux rising chef 2008...
Enviro Perspectives with Dave Rushworth
Krugerpark News Information: Our excellent array of field guides and other reference books record what is known about most aspects of natural history. There is still a huge field of knowledge to be discovered...
Priceless Sighting
Krugerpark News Information: I went to Kruger (far northern part) as a day visitor on the 24th September 2007. While at Shingwedzi, I bought Kruger Park Times, volume 4, Issue 8 newspaper. The article that caught my eye is about the roan antelopes...
Kruger Hosts Third Annual Corporate Golf Day
Krugerpark News Information: More than 100 golfers from both government and the private sector met on the fairways of Skukuza’s picturesque golf course on Thursday October 25, 2007 as competitors in the third annual Kruger National Park (KNP)/Old Mutual Corporate Golf Day...
Two Tourist Routes Launched at Historical Trade Route in Park
Krugerpark News Information: It is perhaps fitting that Masorini was chosen as the launch venue for a tourism initiative that makes use of various tourism opportunities found in Limpopo Province, the KNP and Mozambique...
The Syringa Tree
Krugerpark News Information: Although the syringa tree, Melia azedarach is not indigenous, it is currently flowering and is causing quite a sensation amongst butterflies. The tree is originally from India...
Top Scientist to Use Airborne Observatory to Study Kruger's Diversity
Krugerpark News Information: The Andrew W Mellon Foundation in the United States of America awarded a $750,000 grant to the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology for an intensive pilot study of ecosystem diversity in the Kruger National Park...
Scaly Sighting Excites
Krugerpark News Information: Last October my wife and I had our first vacation in South Africa: Three weeks in the Kruger Park. The Wolhuter trail was an experience we will never forget...
Elephant Immunocontraception: Dispelling the Myths
Krugerpark News Information: The issue of elephant management is currently a hot topic as the minister of environmental affairs and tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, has released the Draft Norms and Standards of Elephant Management in South Africa...
Ranger's Diary
Krugerpark News Information: Excerpts from the diary of the Nxanatseni region, Vlakteplaas section ranger, Reckson Seani. It was clear and hot and I deployed two field rangers at Babalala picnic spot...
Black Rhino Relocated to Malawi
Krugerpark News Information: With buffalo and elephant successfully re-introduced in the 700 km² Majete Game Reserve in Malawi the focus is now on rhino. Dr Markus Hofmeyr, head of veterinary wildlife services in Sanparks...
Did You Know
Krugerpark News Information: The black rhino lives in Africa, primarily in grasslands, savannahs and tropical bushlands. The black rhino is a browser, i.e. it consumes leaves and branches of shrubs and trees...
Ivy League Students Visit Kruger’s Classrooms
Krugerpark News Information: Every October for the past seven years, twenty students from an American university pitch up in Skukuza Camp as part of their studies of various environmental issues across southern Africa...
Snares Removed From Wild Dogs in Southern KNP
Krugerpark News Information: Vets from Sanparks Veterinary Wildlife Services, based in Skukuza, were called out in mid October to remove two snares that were seen on two wild dogs in the Stolznek section in southern Kruger National Park...
Current Concerns
Krugerpark News Information: Scientists are weird and journalists only want the juicy stuff. These are some of the myths that Marina Joubert of Southern Science aimed to banish at a media training workshop for the Kruger National Park’s scientific services...
Rangers Diary
Krugerpark News Information: A day in the life of a Kruger National Park Ranger. Fast food the Kruger ranger way by Steven Whitfield...
Enviro Perspectives with Dave Rushworth
Krugerpark News Information: This week Dave lets nature speak for itself, through the eye of his camera lens, and reminds us to take another look at everything, saying that, “Caught up in the scientific 'knowledge' and intensity of management...