Wild Chats with EWT

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Register for 23 June: The secret lives of Sungazers

Join Bradley Gibbons, EWT Field Officer, for a fascinating introduction to Sungazer lizards – what they are, where they live, what threats they are faced with, and a bit about their interesting lives.
This talk is suitable for all ages.

Register for 25 June: Conservation and tourism - a match made in heaven?

Join Graeme Edmond, CEO of aha Hotels & Lodges, and Constant Hoogstad, EWT Senior Manager: Industry Partnerships, for this timely and insightful Wild Chat about the relationship between conservation and tourism. Graeme and Constant will address the question of why conservation is important for tourism, and vice versa, as well as looking at how we marry the two, and who will ultimately benefit.
This talk is suitable for all ages.

[Lisbeth]

Join us for two exciting Wild Chats this month!

The Wild Chat will be approximately 20-30 minutes long, with time afterwards for questions and answers, and will start promptly, so please be sure to join a little ahead of time.



Register for 8 July: A spotlight on wild Cheetahs – everything you need to know!

Vincent is the coordinator of the EWT’s Cheetah Metapopulation project, although he started out in conservation with a focus on much smaller creatures. In this Wild Chat, Vincent he will explain how he got involved in Cheetah conservation, and share his vast knowledge of the species, the threats it faces, and why Cheetahs do not belong in cages. Vincent will also showcase some of the awesome experiences he has had and skills that he has gained, including how to catch a wild Cheetah!

Register for 22 July: Have you seen a ghost?

Join Joshua Weeber, a Field Officer in our Threatened Amphibian Programme for a story of amphibian discovery and conservation. Joshua will take you on a fascinating journey through forested mountain gorges, into the life of the elusive Table Mountain Ghost Frog.

How to register? Look at the first post of this topic!

[Lisbeth]

Register for 5 August: The Carnivore Queens

Join us on 5 August at 7 pm for a fascinating panel discussion on the state of our carnivores, and the formidable women dedicated to their conservation. Dr Harriet Davies-Mostert, Head of Conservation for the EWT and a carnivore specialist, will facilitate the panel discussion. Dr Mbizah is the Founder and Executive Director of Wildlife Conservation Action. She is committed to building the capacity of local communities in Zimbabwe, to protect and coexist with wildlife, while improving their livelihoods. Dr Dickman is a conservation biologist focused on the maintenance of threatened wildlife populations on human-dominated land, and how to resolve human-wildlife conflict. Her work focuses mainly on understanding the drivers of conflict between humans and large carnivores, and how those issues can best be addressed. Samantha Nicholson is the coordinator of the EWT’s African Lion Database Initiative – a project that aims to consolidate lion population and distribution across the continent. This talk is suitable for teens and adults

19 August: Our leading ladies

More information to come
Join us on 19 August at 7pm for a panel discussion on the experiences and challenges the panellists have faced and overcome as leading ladies of industry and conservation.

How to register? Look at the first post of this topic!

[Lisbeth]

This month, we'll be bringing you two more wonderful Wild Chats, which will be approximately 20-30 minutes long, with time afterwards for questions and answers. These chats will start promptly, so please be sure to join a little ahead of time.

You can register for the chats of your choice, using the links below. Each Wild Chat is also recorded and shared on our YouTube channel and other social media platforms afterwards, meaning no one has to miss out!

So stay home, stay safe, and stay connected with our wild world.

[Lisbeth]

This month on Wild Chat!

This month, we'll be bringing you three more wonderful Wild Chats, which will be approximately 20-30 minutes long, with time afterwards for questions and answers. These chats will start promptly, so please be sure to join a little ahead of time.

You can register for the chats of your choice, using the links below. Each Wild Chat is also recorded and shared on our YouTube channel and other social media platforms afterwards, meaning no one has to miss out!

So stay home, stay safe, and stay connected with our wild world.

Join us on 2 September at 7pm as Derek van der Merwe the Limpopo Regional Coordinator of the Carnivore Conservation Programme, explains his personal journey into the trials and tribulations of the Waterberg Wild Dogs.

Wild Dogs are the most Endangered carnivore in South Africa, and a small population of free-roaming Wild Dogs is located within the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve in Limpopo Province. The Waterberg Wild Dog population has declined from 120 in 1998 to just five in 2017. Currently, there is only one known breeding pack of Wild Dogs still active in the Waterberg, using a multitude of different areas within the Biosphere Reserve. The dogs in this pack are the remnants of potentially the last genetically distinct population of Wild Dogs in the whole of South Africa, and the area is critical in connecting Wild Dog populations between Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. As the last free-roaming pack of Wild Dogs in South Africa, and facing high levels of intolerance and threats, it is critically important to safeguard this pack from being persecuted and killed.

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[Lisbeth]

This month on Wild Chat!

This month, we’ll be bringing you three more wonderful Wild Chats, each approximately 20-30 minutes long, with time afterwards for questions and answers. These chats will start promptly, so please be sure to join a little ahead of time.

You can register for the chats of your choice, using the links below. Each Wild Chat is also recorded and shared on our YouTube channel and other social media platforms afterwards, meaning no one has to miss out!

So stay home, stay safe, and stay connected with our wild world.





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Join Yolan Friedmann, CEO of EWT as she talks to David Bristow about his new book Big Pharma, Dirty Lies, Busy Bees and Eco Activists, 20 Environmental Stories from South Africa.

They will unravel the environmental landscape of South Africa and talk about pesticides, poaching, petrol, plastics, population, pollination, pollution, pods, politics, pharmaceuticals, people, prophets, power, and poop.

Find out what industrially manufactured foods and large-scale farming are doing to us; how state capture has derailed our civil service and triggered sewerage spills, oil slicks and air pollution; who benefits most from health supplements; and what the real costs of generating power are, and what works best – coal, nuclear, fracking, solar or wind.

The book also showcases the good deeds of our eco heroes who bring water and hope to stricken towns; who farm regeneratively and sell us wholesome foods; who clean up other people’s messes; and individual superheroes who nurture their own back gardens. David’s book celebrates their achievements.

WIN on the night - one lucky guest will be going home with a copy of this book

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