It is time for a Smart Parks general update! OpenCollar Edge portfolio Having introduced LoRaWAN into conservation about 8 years ago in Mkomazi National Park, Smart Parks has slowly shifted its focus. First we had [...]
Utrecht, April 2023 - Many people know Smart Parks as an organisation protecting wildlife with passion and technology… in Africa! Developing advanced rhino, elephant, and lion sensors and building LoRaWAN infrastructures in the remote African bush. However, what many [...]
Seven critically endangered black rhinos and twenty white rhinos have been successfully translocated from Manketti Game Reserve in South Africa to Zinave National Park in Mozambique. With this reintroduction, the black rhino has returned to Southern Mozambique which disappeared [...]
Wild bison have returned to the UK for the first time in thousands of years. The steppe bison is thought to have roamed the woodlands until hunting and changes in habitat led to its global extinction. The European bisons [...]
Utrecht, April 2022 – On March 18th, the Institute for Science in Society (ISiS) received the great news that an Nationale Wetenschapsagenda (NWA/Dutch Research Agenda) 8-year, 5 million research proposal was granted. Fantastic news! The project is called 'The [...]
Utrecht, April 2022 – Last month the Gonarezhou National Park and Smart Parks teams have realised the first Smart Parks LoRaWAN® system in Zimbabwe. A total of 6 site installations were built to create LoRaWAN® coverage in one of [...]
Utrecht, December 2021 - Smart Parks releases its most advanced device for rangers in protected areas. Across the world, rangers are guarding the remaining wild places. They are the “boots on the ground” that stand between poachers and endangered [...]
Utrecht, December 2021 – The Luwire Wildlife Conservancy team and Smart Parks have realised the first Smart Parks system in Mozambique. Last September, the Smart Parks team built multiple sights to create LoRaWAN® coverage in part of the 445700 [...]
Botswana, September 2021 - The Timbo Afrika Foundation and Smart Parks created the first Smart Parks in Botswana back in April this year to improve the protection of the Central Tuli Game reserve wildlife and ecosystem. Last month, during [...]
Utrecht, May 2021 - The Timbo Afrika Foundation and Smart Parks have realised the first Smart Parks system in Botswana. From now on, African wildlife will be protected in the “Central Tuli Game Reserve” with smart, advanced technology. Moreover, [...]