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).

February 2023: We take a look at current and historical Zambezi River rainfall trends in the vicinity of Mana Pools, speculating about rain-shadow effects, extended drought periods, potential impacts on the Park, and whether the climate is changing in this area. We’d like to hear your views.

Oct 2022: As part of The Zambezi Society’s ongoing Historical Series, celebrating 40 years of Zambezi conservation, we describe how our wider vision of the Zambezi as an entire river basin landscape underpins all our activities and operations.

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.

July 2022: As part of The Zambezi Society’s ongoing Historical Series, celebrating 40 years of Zambezi conservation, we feature our community conservation and transboundary collaboration work in Muzarabani and Guruve Districts (northern Zimbabwe) and Magoe District (western Mozambique).

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.

Oct 2021: New research into tusklessness in elephant populations in Mozambique has shown that this phenomenon (which is common among Zambezi Valley elephants) has a genetic cause and is linked to sex.

July 2021: Co-founder, and former Director of the Zambezi Society, Dick Pitman, reflects on the “man-made” ecosystem of the Lake Kariba shoreline in the Matusadona National Park, and on its potential effects on wildlife populations in the Park.

June 2018: Zamsoc assists Flying for Wildlife with new aircraft purchase