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At APOPO’s training center in Morogoro, Tanzania, HeroRAT trainer Happy spends her days training African giant pouched rats to detect landmines and other explosive remnants of war. Using clicker training and positive reinforcement, she helps prepare the animals for work that supports mine clearance operations in countries affected by conflict. Her career took an unexpected […]

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage and Livelihoods 3 March 2026 – This year’s World Wildlife Day theme, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage and Livelihoods, highlights the deep connections between biodiversity, traditional knowledge, and sustainable development. In Tanzania’s Morogoro Region, APOPO’s HeroTREEs program offers a practical example of how these connections can

On 23 February 2026, His Excellency Michel Parys, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Cambodia, visited APOPO’s operations in Siem Reap, Cambodia. He was accompanied by his wife, colleagues from the Belgian Embassy, and representatives of the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD). The DGD delegation included Marc Fransen, Desk Officer for

Protecting the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal Morogoro, 21 February 2026  — World Pangolin Day falls on the third Saturday of February each year. Observed annually by conservationists, researchers, and wildlife advocates worldwide, the day raises awareness about pangolins and the urgent threats they face. Pangolins are remarkable animals, uniquely covered in protective keratin scales, the only scaly

APOPO will participate in the 4th National Ecological Organic Agriculture Conference (NEOAC), taking place from 3–5 March in Dodoma, Tanzania. NEOAC brings together those working in ecological and organic agriculture to share practical experience, present new approaches, and discuss how to strengthen sustainable farming in Tanzania and across Africa. At the conference, APOPO will host

From 5–7 March 2026 | Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro  APOPO, through its HeroTREEs Department and the Syntropic Agroforestry Innovation Accelerator (SAIA), invites farmers, NGOs, students, researchers, and agricultural professionals to participate in a three-day intensive training on Syntropic Agroforestry.  This training is co-organised with My Birthday Tree Organisation (MBTO). Register for the training here  Why Take Part?  Syntropic Agroforestry is

International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed each year on 11 February, recognizes the essential role women play across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. At APOPO, women contribute to STEM-related work across research, operations, data analysis, animal training, health, and program management, applying technical expertise to solve complex humanitarian and environmental challenges. One

APOPO has published a new study showing that, among patients who tested negative using routine tuberculosis laboratory methods, those whose sputum samples were flagged by trained African giant pouched rats had 39 percent higher odds of being clinically diagnosed and treated for pulmonary tuberculosis. In the study of 2,401 presumptive TB patients in Tanzania, 12

30 January 2026 — Ukraine is among the most heavily mine-affected countries globally. To release land safely, quickly and at scale, the use of proven technical survey methodologies is critical. Technical Survey Dogs have demonstrated their ability to rapidly identify land that is free from explosive contamination, providing reliable evidence to support land release decisions.