Category Professional Development Course

11 May

Global Conservation Force Expands K9 First Aid Training Into New Virtual Learning Platform

Since 2020, Global Conservation Force has worked to build and deliver practical K9 First Aid and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care training specifically designed for conservation, ranger, and operational working dog teams operating in some of the world’s most remote and demanding environments.

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6 May

Conservation Working Dog Seminar Comes to Southern California

Global Conservation Force is excited to announce our upcoming Conservation Working Dog Seminar Day, taking place Saturday, May 23 in Southern California. This specialized training event brings together real-world operational experience in conservation K9 deployment, suspect tracking, and endangered species scent detection.

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26 Apr

More GCF-Sponsored K9 Gear and Training Support Headed to Bangladesh

More specialized conservation K9 gear, fully sponsored by the Global Conservation Force (GCF), is currently being prepared for shipment to support ongoing wildlife protection efforts in Bangladesh. This latest equipment deployment will directly support our trusted partners at Creative Conservation Alliance and their work alongside GCF Conservation K9 Clive. K9 Clive plays a critical role in the protection of some of Bangladesh’s most threatened wildlife. Trained by Scent Imprint for Dogs, Clive is a specialized conservation detection dog trained to locate endangered pangolin and tortoise species. His work supports field teams by increasing detection efficiency, strengthening monitoring efforts, and contributing to the protection of species that are highly vulnerable to poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking.

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26 Apr

2026 Global Conservation Force | Professional Development Courses

Global Conservation Force (GCF) is excited to announce our series of immersive, hands-on conservation training courses for 2026! Designed to provide participants with critical skills and education, these programs offer a unique opportunity to contribute directly to wildlife protection efforts while experiencing the diverse beauty of South Africa.

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26 Apr

Two Weeks on the Front Lines: TECC Training Across South Africa’s Rhino Protection Units

For the past two weeks, Chris Laursen has been on the ground across South Africa, delivering advanced Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) training to front-line anti-poaching teams protecting some of the world’s most threatened rhino populations. From the Eastern Cape to the Greater Kruger landscape, these trainings brought together foot patrol rangers and K9 response units operating in some of the highest-risk environments in modern conservation. Every patrol carries risk, not only from armed poachers, but from dangerous wildlife, environmental hazards, and the physical demands of remote field work. Ensuring rangers are medically prepared to respond under pressure can mean the difference between life and death.

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22 Apr

Global Conservation Force Brings Advanced Wildlife Protection Training Back to California

Global Conservation Force (GCF) is bringing advanced wildlife protection training back to the United States, with California selected as the operational setting for our Level 2 Wildlife Protection & Conservation Bootcamp. This return marks a significant step in strengthening conservation readiness training while providing a rare opportunity to operate across drastically different environments in one continuous field program. Designed as the next step following Level 1 Introduction to Anti-Poaching training, this Level 2 course builds multi-environment readiness, standardizes operational skills, and prepares individuals for future conservation training opportunities across Africa, Asia, Central America, and North America. This is not a classroom-based program. It is a demanding, immersive field course built to reflect the real-world conditions faced by wildlife protection personnel worldwide.

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17 Apr

GCF Sponsors First Responder, TECC, and Water Rescue Training for Kariega Foundation Anti-Poaching Unit

Global Conservation Force (GCF) recently ran and fully sponsored a comprehensive First Responder / First Aid and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) training, alongside swim lessons and water rescue instruction, for our dedicated anti-poaching partners at the Kariega Foundation, supporting operations within Kariega Game Reserve in South Africa. This multi-discipline training program was designed to strengthen the lifesaving capabilities of rangers operating in remote and high-risk environments where immediate medical care is often the difference between life and death.

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16 Apr

March 2026 Field Update | South Africa

Gear Delivery, Eight Days of Scenario Training, and Multi-Reserve Conservation Support in the Eastern Cape March 2026 marked another sustained operational cycle for Global Conservation Force (GCF) and our long-standing […]

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2 Apr

The First Annual Eastern Cape Ranger Reserve Challenge

This March marked the launch of the inaugural Eastern Cape Ranger Reserve Challenge, a thrilling new tradition that will now run annually each March. Anti-poaching teams from across our partner reserves came together for a friendly, high-energy competition, testing strength, skill, teamwork, and sheer determination in the field.

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27 Jan

K9 Handler & Operational K9 Training Course Wrap-Up | Netherlands

From January 12–23, 2026, Global Conservation Force delivered an intensive K9 Handler & Operational K9 Training Course in the Netherlands, bringing together instructors, professional participants, and operational K9 teams for two weeks of immersive, real-world training focused on wildlife conservation, wildlife protection, and counter-wildlife trafficking operations. Led by Mike Veale (Founder & President, Global Conservation Force) alongside Wesley Visscher and the Scent Imprint Conservation Dogs team, the course was intentionally designed to function as both a conservation professional development program and a train-the-trainer—equipping participants to elevate their own operational capacity while gaining the tools to develop K9 teams and handlers in their home countries.

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