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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.60,0:00:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking at those shots it's really hard to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.40,0:00:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this currently thriving area in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.90,0:00:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,South Africa was once dedicated to cattle and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.90,0:00:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pineapple farms, with almost no biodiversity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.40,0:00:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wildlife.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.20,0:00:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Phinda was established in collaboration with the local Zulu tribal
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.50,0:00:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community to rehabilitate the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.60,0:00:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ecosystem, allowing for the return of the wildlife that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.60,0:00:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had once flourished in this area. Phinda
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.70,0:00:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is local Zulu word for 'return'. Animals were
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.20,0:00:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought in from other regions of southern Africa to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.70,0:00:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,establish new populations in the conservancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.10,0:00:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a lot of doom-and-gloom stories
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.50,0:00:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about biodiversity. However, this story
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.90,0:00:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a hopeful one. Phinda is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.30,0:00:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a modern success conservation story, so stick
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.70,0:01:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around to learn how they managed to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.70,0:01:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the key to the success for Phinda is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.30,0:01:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that they've used this ecotourism
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.20,0:01:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,model to benefit not
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.30,0:01:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only the reserve itself, but also the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.50,0:01:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,locals communities surrounding them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.50,0:01:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of work goes into managing 30,000 hectares:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.60,0:01:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making sure that animals are healthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.50,0:01:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are reproducing, but not inbreeding, that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.60,0:01:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,herbivores do not overgraze the land, that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.40,0:01:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,territorial animals have enough space and do
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.30,0:01:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not compete between each other, that invasive species of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.40,0:01:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plants are under control, that the areas will be
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.60,0:01:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protected by anti-poaching units and that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.40,0:01:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is all while still running lodges and operating tourism
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.20,0:01:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and voluntourism in the area that brings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.70,0:01:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much needed funding towards conservation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.40,0:01:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the data collected here by our volunteers that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.50,0:02:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go out every day with one of our Ecological Monitors, the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.10,0:02:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,data feeds live into our data systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.50,0:02:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we can then analyse. This helps
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.60,0:02:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,us to make our management decisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.80,0:02:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Animal populations in Phinda are thriving
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.70,0:02:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an initial population of just 30 white
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.50,0:02:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rhinos, Phinda now has one of the largest white
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.50,0:02:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rhino populations in Africa and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.70,0:02:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been relocating and repopulating rhinos
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.10,0:02:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to other reserves and countries due to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.50,0:02:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their success at protecting them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.30,0:02:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also facilitated what we call
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.80,0:02:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rhinos Without Borders, so where our white
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.30,0:02:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rhinos have been translocated to Botswana to start
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.20,0:02:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the founding population there. Phinda is the first private game
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.70,0:02:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reserve ever to be a part of the Black Rhino
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.70,0:02:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Range Expansion Project. So this is a project
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.30,0:02:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with WWF.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.50,0:02:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cheetah population here has grown so successfully that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.50,0:02:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some individuals were relocated to other
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.20,0:03:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of southern Africa to establish healthy cheetah
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.70,0:03:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,populations there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.50,0:03:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cheetah alone, Phinda and the MunYaWana
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.20,0:03:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is currently seen as one of the most important cheetah meta
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.70,0:03:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,populations throughout southern Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.50,0:03:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Phinda has been chosen as a release site for
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.20,0:03:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pangolins that have been confiscated from poachers and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.50,0:03:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saved from the illegal wildlife trade. The
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.70,0:03:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pangolin is arguably the most trafficked animal
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.70,0:03:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on earth leading to their disappearance in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.10,0:03:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.60,0:03:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So pangolins were reintroduced here in June
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.40,0:03:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2019, before that pangolins have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.50,0:03:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been completely extinct from the reserve. Over
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.60,0:03:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time, these animals have now established home
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.50,0:03:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ranges, territories, and thankfully have even
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.30,0:03:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had pups. It is also an educational ground -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.10,0:03:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,numerous researches occur here
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.60,0:03:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every year. A lot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.20,0:04:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of data has been collected and that has resulted
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.40,0:04:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in numerous PhDs, Master's projects, also
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.60,0:04:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suitable protocols being out there on what's
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.70,0:04:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right way for soft-releasing lions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.90,0:04:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into new areas. I have been here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.50,0:04:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few weeks volunteering with African Conservation Experience and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.10,0:04:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participating on all the daily tasks needed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.60,0:04:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for animal management and conservation like monitoring,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.50,0:04:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,data collection, updating ID
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.10,0:04:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,profiles of animals, tracking using
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.80,0:04:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the most modern technologies, trying to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.50,0:04:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand. So what is the reason
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.60,0:04:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this overwhelming conservation success? Is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.20,0:04:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it the modern technology and their
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.60,0:04:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ability to use camera traps, telemetry, satellites,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.70,0:04:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drones, acoustic sensors, a variety of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.80,0:04:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apps for data collection and analysis?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.10,0:04:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This project is neat because our cameras are actually tools and what
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.60,0:04:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're doing is collecting data that's going to help us identify these
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.90,0:04:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individuals in the wild at a later date.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.80,0:05:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it their ability to utilise conservation tourism and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.80,0:05:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voluntourism to fund these projects? Around
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.30,0:05:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world, many protected areas are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.50,0:05:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underfunded. Allowing visitors to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.20,0:05:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,observe exciting and important conservation tasks provides additional
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.80,0:05:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,source of funding for necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.90,0:05:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,management activities, such as ecosystem monitoring,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.70,0:05:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anti-poaching patrols, invasive species
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.60,0:05:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eradication, and environmental educational programmes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.90,0:05:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tourism potentially has a big role to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.70,0:05:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play in education when it comes to conservation. One
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.10,0:05:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the best things is there's
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.60,0:05:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many people that care and that's just really lovely
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.40,0:05:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see. Just spreading the word of, like, the sort of work that's done
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.30,0:05:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here, trying to get more funding and letting people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.60,0:05:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know how important this is to preserve, is really important.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.50,0:05:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people connect with nature during their travels, when
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.70,0:05:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they see first-hand how hard it is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.20,0:06:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect our nature and what goes into it, it can lead
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.30,0:06:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them into being more appreciative and become
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.40,0:06:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more invested in protecting it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.50,0:06:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the fact we don't know what we're gonna see or discover
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.40,0:06:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each day... it's very exciting, like every day I've done so far has been
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.10,0:06:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really different. And I've had a really unique experience seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.80,0:06:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loads of animals that are endangered. So
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.20,0:06:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd say I'm pretty lucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.20,0:06:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, it is all of the above and more. This project truly
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.80,0:06:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exists due to the exceptional management and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.60,0:06:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the work of numerous passionate people that spend
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.30,0:06:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hours and days in the bush, making sure that the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.30,0:06:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,area is thriving while educating tourists and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.60,0:06:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visitors, and conducting research that helps other
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.80,0:06:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organisations and reserves to obtain
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.50,0:06:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this success as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.90,0:06:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We mainly focus on movement data and being
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.40,0:06:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to correlate all of that and expand it over a few
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.20,0:06:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years, and see the movement of different species, how they react
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.20,0:07:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to different weather conditions and habitats and different influences
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.30,0:07:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that. Seeing their movement data, how long it's taken them
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.20,0:07:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to settle in this reserve, will be useful for other reserves
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.10,0:07:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who want to do the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.80,0:07:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your time and your effort
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.90,0:07:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really help with things like, hands-on things, if we
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.40,0:07:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need help lifting something or moving things, photos
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.10,0:07:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for ID kits, like lots of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.10,0:07:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different small contributions that add up to larger contributions.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.70,0:07:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that this success story got you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.40,0:07:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspired and serves as a hopeful reminder.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.50,0:07:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people start seeing the benefit of having tourism
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.80,0:07:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the area, they are more inclined
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.10,0:07:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wanting to keep the area wild and they also
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.40,0:07:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support these new ventures that are
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.30,0:07:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being undertaken.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.90,0:07:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to use tourism to expand,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.50,0:07:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, conservation areas and, not just
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.40,0:07:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expand but to ensure that it sustains itself.