Brighton has dedicated his life to conserving Malawi’s wildlife, in less than three years he has personally secured Presidential commitment to fight wildlife crime; led the development of Malawi’s new Wildlife Act; established the Inter-Agency Committee for Combating Wildlife Crime, and supported the Malawi Parliamentary Conservation Caucus.
Since 2014 Nacha has been responsible for the management of all Yankari rangers including anti-poaching patrols and conservation related activities, which oversaw a drastic decrease in ivory poaching. Under Nacha’s leadership, ranger morale and discipline improved. He has reduced corruption by setting example to the rangers, as well as implement an enforced zero tolerance on cattle grazing in the reserve by leading the front line.
Serah spends her time working on relationships between people and biodiversity, particularly governance of natural resources. She empowers local conservation groups to claim rights to manage resources sustainably and advocates for changes to policies and plans to support them.
Sergeant Ndlovu leads the Field Ranger K9 team that is involved actively in field ranger duties including rhino anti-poaching activities. His team was responsible for the apprehension and arrest of a Regional Ranger and State Veterinary Technician in the KNP, which had the impact of curbing poaching tremendously in the area.
Solomon is currently the Senior Wildlife Warden for Mpika District. In his previous role as warden and ranger with 13 years of experience, Solomon displayed exceptional management and leadership in the oversight of all anti-poaching activities in his respective parks, establishing highly productive intelligence networks, which have led to successful convictions of wildlife criminals. He has established long-term networks to gather intelligence on illegal activity and has been able to successfully exploit them to lead to successful arrests.
Winner of the Prince Willaim Award for Conservation in Africa 2016, John Kahekwa.