Kalahari Research And Conservation Trust
Botswana · 21.00°S · 24.00°E
Long-term science driving the conservation of the Kalahari's predators, vultures and the people alongside them.
About Kalahari Research And Conservation Trust
Kalahari Research and Conservation is a Botswana-based team of scientists, students and conservationists, founded in 2008, that studies and protects the wildlife of this fragile desert ecosystem.
The Kalahari is a singular landscape, dry and demanding yet rich in life, and it is facing mounting pressure. Among the clearest warning signs are its vultures: every vulture species in Botswana is now either endangered or critically endangered, a collapse that signals trouble across the whole food web.
KRC takes a joined-up, evidence-led approach. Rather than studying species in isolation, it examines how predators and prey shape one another across the ecosystem, and lets that understanding guide what gets protected and how. The work is grounded locally and carried out in partnership with Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National Parks, neighbouring communities and regional organisations.
Its programmes span wild dogs, lions and the communities who live alongside them, springbok and other wildlife in the Kgalagadi region, and dedicated raptor and vulture conservation through Raptors Botswana, all supported by community engagement and outreach.
Crucially, KRC sees building local expertise as the foundation of conservation that lasts. Most of its senior graduate students are Botswana nationals now working in wildlife conservation in their own country. Supporting this work funds research that turns into action and trains the next generation of Batswana conservationists to look after the Kalahari for the long term. ecoflix is glad to help carry that message further.
Wild Dogs
Studying one of Africa's most endangered carnivores to guide its protection across the Kalahari.
Lions and Communities
Researching lion behaviour and easing the conflict between big cats and rural livelihoods.
Raptors Botswana
Monitoring and protecting vulture populations, many of which are now critically endangered.
Community engagement
Bringing local people into conservation through outreach, training and shared stewardship of wildlife.
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