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Wildlife Management in the Hands of Small-scale Farmers – The COMACO way
By Dale Lewis, COMACO CEO and Founder I’m going to tell you something that you’ll have a hard time believing. My work in Zambia began as a conservationist focused on elephants. Later
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Elephants and sunflowers: A life-changing transformation takes one man from poacher to landscape steward
Elephants and sunflowers: A life-changing transformation takes one man from poacher to landscape steward. Written by Nick Schonfeld Smoke Phiri looks like an archetypal henchman. His m
Read MoreProtecting forests, saving bees and improving livelihoods
Forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet and up to eighty percent of the world’s land-based species, such as elephants and rhinos, live in forests. There is also scientific res
Read MoreConservation solutions – COMACO has answers
This year, for example, there are over 61% of farmers that are doing “conservation business” with COMACO will be planting over 36 million agroforestry trees to help repair their soils.
Read MoreCrops that save elephants and make It’s Wild! the brand of nutrition
COMACO's conservation initiatives help rural communities manage for their habitat while keeping their farm lands working and strengthening rural economies. Read more...
Read MoreUsing radio to inspire poachers to become conservationists
Interestingly, Andrew Maimisa is not a COMACO farmer but an ardent follower and listener of COMACO’s Farm Talk radio program. “I listen to COMACO programs on radio Breeze FM and I have h
Read MoreA balance in the making: cookstoves, a tree species and wildlife
Illegal trafficking halted… A fuel-efficient cookstove that uses the small branches of a tree species called Gliricidia sepium is helping many thousands of smallholder farming families
Read MoreComputers-for-Chiefs Initiative
COMACO is seeking computer donations to help Chiefs to better protect the environment
Read MoreFrom Poacher to Protector
Ex-poachers use their skills for good, combating crop-disturbance by elephants in their communities.
Read MoreA Life in Transition
Ex-poachers discuss their transition to farming and what inspired them to change.
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