For years Smart Parks is supporting the Desert Lions Conservation project in the Northern Namib Desert in it's effort to protect the elusive desert lions. In 2019 our team has deployed the first Smart Parks network. Only five years [...]
At Smart Parks, our commitment to wildlife conservation is powered by strategic collaborations with technology providers. These partnerships are essential for driving innovation and creating impactful solutions that protect wildlife and preserve natural habitats. By working together with a [...]
Botswana, October 2023 - Limpopo-Lipadi, a shareholder-owned wildlife and wilderness Reserve located on the banks of the Limpopo River in the Tuli Block, Botswana, has invited the Smart Parks team to help with the enhancement of security on the [...]
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 [...]
Transforming Wildlife Monitoring and Protection October 2023 - Peace Parks Foundation and EarthRanger have formed an impactful partnership to revolutionise wildlife monitoring and protection. In Mozambique, three parks across the Great Limpopo transboundary landscape, as well as Maputo National Park [...]
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 [...]