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What we have achieved
This is not comprehensive, but just a taster of the work we've been doing to date. The covid restrictions have affected our access to the parks in more ways than one, but we are still busy. Anti poaching
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2024 part 2 – Another great year…
August was soon upon us and I was particularly excited to be headed back to Brunei and the Jungle Warfare Division where I had been the...
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2024 – A year of change…
The first major change has been that our Paul applied last year for the post of Anglophone Chief Instructor for African Parks. Not...
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2023 - Now we're done...
Throughout August Paul and Simon ran two very successful Level 3 (Basic) tracking courses for a National Park on the edge of lake...
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2023 is going well...
Since January Paul's focus has been in two Rwandan parks. Training has included selection and training of new rangers as well as bringing...
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2022 - A year of two halves
Towards the middle of August Paul and Simon were making plans for an entirely different venture. We headed out to Borneo to raise an...
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2022 so far....
Once again, 2022 has been busy. Simon finished the Marine ranger training in late January and had a welcome break for a month to mid...
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Benin September/October 2021
Simon headed back out to Benin in West Africa in September to deliver tracking training to rangers from two national parks, in a single...
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Mozambique Marine Rangers
Mozambique has kept us busy this last 6 months. Based around an island archipelago the Marine Rangers required coxswain refresher...
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Malawi 2021 - Long Range Patrol Course
April 2021 Simon and Paul ran this course over 30 days in Malawi’s Majete National Park and qualified 13 hand picked Rangers as the first...
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Zambia 2021
Over a three-month period, Simon, Paul and Chris with the park instructors ran a Basic Field Ranger (BFR) course to select and train the...
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Zambia 2020
21 Aug – 21 Sep 2020 Basic Tracking course and canine tracking development in North Luangwa Zambia. Simon kicked off the return to Africa...
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Malawi 2019/2020
What we have achieved during 2019-2020 in Malawi 07 March - 07 Apr 2019 British Army Counter-Poaching Operators Course Liwonde, Malawi....
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Kenya 2019/2020
Apr – Sep 2019 Female Ranger selection & training, Segera National Park, Kenya. Post the La Pendjari (Benin) courses, Shane was asked if...
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Benin 2019
10 Jan – 20 Feb. One Intermediate and two Basic Tracking courses, La Penjari National Park, Benin (African Parks) Simon and Paul...
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Zimbabwe 2018
CHIZARIRA NATIONAL PARK ZIMBABWE April – December 2018 Simon was invited by National Parks Rescue to base in Chizarira for the year to...
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Botswana 15/16
2015/16 This was an 18 month contract to select and train candidates from the Botswana Defence Force to feed into Botswana’s Special...
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DRC 2017
Garamba National Park, Africa Parks 23 Feb – 05 Apr 2017 Simon and Tom delivered intermediate and Advanced tracking courses to this...
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