December 2024:  The Zambezi Society’s end of year news for 2024 reports on a useful dialogue session hosted with conservation colleagues to share ideas about what's needed to effectively sustain support for Zambezi Valley conservation into the future.  We highlight some promising developments for the future management of some of the Valley's protected areas, but also many challenges, including some worrying development controversies in and around the Victoria Falls.  We report on our fieldwork assisting ZimParks with vehicle support for anti-poaching deployments and reactions in the Zambezi Valley, and supporting WildCru’s predator survey work in the Sengwa, Chirisa and Chizarira areas. We continue to provide practical solutions to communities in and around Kariba and Mana Pools with Human-Wildlife Co-Existence (HWC), and are expanding our innovative HWC Virtual Reality programme to schoolchildren. We also pay tribute to two dedicated conservation colleagues who lost their lives in tragic circumstances.

Jan - April 2024: The Zambezi Society is focusing and strengthening our efforts to help communities with practical solutions and awareness about Human-Wildlife Co-Existence, along the southern boundary of the Charara Safari Area and within Kariba Town itself. We're printing new awareness materials and plan to extend our Virtual Reality programme in schools to other parts of the Zambezi Valley. We continue to assist ZimParks with anti-poaching around Kariba and in Mana Pools, where the new trans-boundary co-management agreement with the Peace Parks Foundation brings hope for new partnership opportunities. We've also got some more carnivore survey research work lined up with WildCru this year, and we welcome Zambia's decision to withdraw the licence for the controversial Kangaluwi Copper Mine in the Zambezi Valley opposite Mana Pools and Sapi. This is a great win for conservation!

Nov-Dec 2023: This year, Zamsoc has continued to provide material and operational assistance to ZimParks in the Charara Safari Area and in Mana Pools. We await more details of the newly-signed Peace Parks/ZimParks co-management agreement for the Greater Mana Ecosystem, and are standing by to collaborate. Thanks to donor support, we helped to complete carnivore surveys in the Zambezi Valley, strengthened our Human-Wildlife Co-existence projects with communities in the Charara-Kariba area, and provided ongoing support for rangers and their families.

July 2023: We welcome the halt of mining activities at the Zambian Kangaluwi copper mining project opposite the Mana-Sapi-Chewore World Heritage Site and hope that the new Lower Zambezi/Mana Pools Trans-Frontier Conservation agreement will strengthen efforts to combat such threats. We report on our community work, carnivore research, and ongoing support for Zimparks (ranger deployments, food supplies and refurbishments at Marongora School).

July 2023: We report on the progress that The Zambezi Society’s Human Wildlife Co-Existence Officers are making in the settled areas surrounding the Charara Safari Area and lately Kariba Town, where people and wildlife live in close proximity. We are focusing on reducing human-wildlife conflict by holding awareness workshops and providing Virtual Reality experiences for school-age children.

Nov 2022: In The Zambezi Society’s ongoing Historical Series, celebrating 40 years of Zambezi conservation, we highlight the extraordinary dedication of Chisipite Junior School in Harare which has fundraised in support of our wildlife conservation programmes for 35 years!

Oct 2022: Our quarterly news Bulletin provides a round-up of our current field operations and projects, and issues of concern, higihlighting reports of insensitive tourism behaviour in Mana Pools. We call for dialogue on wildlife translocations into the Zamebzi Valley, pay tribute to a lost colleague, and celebrate the re-opening of our office at the Mukuvisi Woodlands in Harare.

The Zambezi Society has embarked on a very exciting new programme to introduce interesting, emotive, wildlife-positive Virtual Reality (VR) videos to school children who are currently only experiencing negative wildlife interactions.

Aug 2022: In our quarterly news, we feature the progress being made with our new community Human Wildlife Co-Existence Project, introduce an exciting new nature-based education programme for rural children, summarise our field operations with ZimParks in Charara Safari Area, and feature some tourism controversies and fund-raising opportunities.

July 2022: We outline progress by our team of Community Human-Wildlife Co-existence Officers and their new Project Supervisor in mitigating conflict between rural communities near Charara Safari Area and the wild animals that live next door to them. They are collecting data, and teaching people new skills to keep wildlife away from livestock and farmlands, while avoiding conflict situations.

April 2022: We introduce the Zambezi Society’s team of Human Wildlife Co-Existence (HWC) Officers who are working among rural communities on the southern boundary of the Charara Safari Area to help reduce loss of livelihoods caused by conflicts between people and wild animals.

March 2022: As part of The Zambezi Society’s ongoing Historical Series, to celebrate 40 years of Zambezi conservation, we focus on our work to promote and conserve the Zambezi's priceless wilderness values

Dec 2021: As part of The Zambezi Society’s ongoing Historical Series, to celebrate 40 years of Zambezi conservation, we focus on our support and interpretation of scientific research, as part of our wider vision of planning for and conserving the Zambezi Valley as a whole.

Nov 2021: As part of The Zambezi Society’s ongoing Historical Series, to celebrate 40 years of Zambezi Valley conservation, we focus on the essential ADVOCACY role that has underpinned our work for the past four decades.

Oct 2021: As part of The Zambezi Society’s ongoing series to celebrate 40 years of Zambezi Valley conservation, we highlight Zamsoc’s role in launching the Rhino Survival Campaign - an emergency fund-raising response to the escalating rhinoceros poaching crisis in the 1980s.

July 2021: As a lead-up to The Zambezi Society’s 40th anniversary in 2022, we introduce a series of historical features highlighting significant events and conservation achievements that we're proud of, spanning the four decades since the Society's formation in 1982.

Earth Day - 22nd April 2021: TIME-OUT chooses to feature the Zambezi Valley and talks to our Strategic Director about its global conservation importance

July 2019: The 11-12-year old Grade 6 students of Chisipite Junior School in Harare have had another incredible year fund-raising to help protect the Zambezi’s wildlife.

Dec 2018: We report on recent project work to prevent deforestation in settled areas adjacent to the Zambezi Valley National Parks, and on other community-focused projects.

Dec 2018: The Zambezi Society partners with WildAid & ZimParks in a nationwide anti-poaching awareness campaign