Conservation Archive

Helping the world’s most vulnerable species

March 9, 2023

A Marwell conservationist has contributed to a ground-breaking study about species that have been declared Extinct in the Wild. The paper, which explores the potential to bring animals and plants […]

Finding slender-horned gazelles in the Tunisian Sahara Desert

Finding slender-horned gazelles in the Tunisian Sahara Desert

December 1, 2022

Most of the remaining wild population of the Endangered North African slender-horned gazelle Gazella leptoceros inhabits the vast wilderness of the Grand Erg Oriental, the Great Eastern Sand Sea of […]

Endangered Grevy’s zebra populations in northern Kenya

October 24, 2022

Marwell Wildlife and partners have completed a research project on how the wild population of Grevy’s zebra moves across the fragile aridland landscape of northern Kenya. This project was undertaken […]

Striped hyaena settling in Dghoumes National Park, Tunisia

October 13, 2022

The striped hyaena (Hyaena hyaena) is among the largest of North Africa’s remaining carnivores but its elusive nature makes it extremely difficult to observe. Despite anecdotal reports that it still […]

Dr Duncan East at Marwell Wildlife

We’ve Won a Highly Prestigious Queen’s Award

April 21, 2022

Her Majesty the Queen has given the royal seal of approval to our environmental commitments with a coveted award. The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development will be presented to […]

Sand lizard reintroduction

Boost for UK’s rarest lizard as over 140 are released back into the wild

September 23, 2021

A group of the UK’s rarest lizard – the Sand Lizard – have been released back into the wild in Dorset. Over 140 of these endangered species, bred at several […]

Clarine teaching SMART

Improving Community-Based Monitoring in the Northern Kenya Grevy’s Zebra Project

August 12, 2021

New technologies have been deployed to Marwell Wildlife’s scout network in Kenya to improve on data collection efforts, analysis, and responsiveness of management actions. Marwell Wildlife has been operating with […]

Barbary Sheep

Barbary sheep conservation translocations in Tunisia

June 28, 2021

In June 2021, on the Tunisian National Day of Environmental Protection, Marwell Wildlife and our Tunisian partner, the Direction Générale des Forêts (DGF), translocated Barbary sheep from Oued Dekouk National […]

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Hope for vulnerable wild snow leopards in Kazakhstan

May 26, 2021

“We saw that it is quite possible to conserve nature, one just needs to commit to it.”   Camera trap images from Kazakhstan have revealed that snow leopards and other predators including […]

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Impact Report 2020

May 19, 2021

We are delighted to share with you our newly published Impact Report for 2020. Here you will find highlights of our work to restore nature, promote sustainable living and help catalyse […]