Southern African Wildlife College

The Southern African Wildlife College trains natural resource managers from around Africa in the expertise required to manage protected areas effectively.

By providing training in skills as diverse as anti-poaching techniques, fire management, infrastructure development, geographic information systems and computer skills, and community liaison, the College is passing on the knowledge needed to sustainably conserve national parks and reserves and the animals, plants and people who depend on the parks for survival.

The College was established 12 years ago by WWF-SA and is supported by Peace Parks Foundation. To date it has trained more than 3000 students who have continued on to become Protected Area Managers, Community Extension Officers, field guides, game rangers, and tourism officials.

The ultimate vision of the College is to train professional natural resource managers to maintain Africa's biodiversity in a manner that encourages community partnerships and local socio-economic development.

www.peaceparks.org
www.wildlifecollege.org.za

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Peace Parks Foundation
• Wildlife Managers
• Conservation
• Africa
• Education
• Training
• Rangers
• Conservation Managers