The burgeoning poaching onslaught was the prime topic when 48 students from seven different countries across the southern African region graduated from the Southern African Wildlife College’s (SAWC’s) Higher and Advanced Certificate Programme in Nature Conservation at the end of 2014. Addressing the graduates were Mr Werner Myburgh CEO of Peace Parks Foundation and Mr. Ernest Mokganedi, Director Transfrontier Conservation Areas, Department of Environmental Affairs; the common theme being "the need to combine efforts, create partnerships and pool resources if conservation in Africa is to succeed". See more at The Bateleur newsletter