Field Conservation
Giraffe Conservation: What Works, and How We Know
More giraffes using a protected area, better survival estimates, new calves: conservation makes progress in more than one way.
Field Conservation
Giraffe guides covering field conservation. Explore clear explanations, scientific references and related reading in one focused collection.
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Field Conservation
Protecting Giraffe Habitat: Food, Space and Connections
The trees can still be standing while the route to the next feeding patch disappears. Protecting habitat means keeping the whole landscape usable.
Field Conservation
Giraffe Rangers and Anti-Poaching: Work and Evidence
Finding a threat is an achievement. Showing that giraffes face less danger takes a different kind of evidence.
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The Science of Giraffe Translocations
How do we know a giraffe translocation worked? Use IUCN principles, Uganda and Niger evidence, and a practical ladder from release to lasting benefit.
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How Do You Count Giraffes? Survey Methods Explained
How giraffe surveys turn sightings into population estimates, with aerial counts, photo-ID, distance sampling, GPS limits and a worked detection example.
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Giraffe Health and Veterinary Conservation
Food, feet, wounds and disease: how giraffe health is assessed, what photographs cannot tell us, and why veterinary care needs more than a dramatic rescue.