Conservation · 1 April 2026

Rhino Conservation Botswana — A Quarterly Update

Map Ives’s relocation programme has now established a viable rhino population in the Delta. Here is where the work stands today.

lewa-house Black rhino sighting - Lewa Conservancy, morning light

When Map Ives began the work in 2001, there were no white rhino in the Okavango. Today there are over a hundred, with a growing black-rhino population alongside.

The latest quarter brought two calves and one loss to natural causes. Anti-poaching budget remains the constraint.

Tagged · Botswana · Okavango · conservation · SJ7 · MG3

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