Conservationist, environmental speaker, and wildlife consultant
Corporate groups, conservation organisations, environmental conferences, sustainability teams, youth programmes, and audiences seeking practical insight into wildlife protection.
Grant Fowlds is a respected wildlife conservationist, speaker, and advisor whose lifelong connection to the African bush has shaped a career dedicated to protecting endangered species and preserving natural ecosystems. Raised in the wild landscapes of Southern Africa, he developed a deep understanding of nature from an early age. This passion evolved into a mission to conserve wildlife, restore threatened habitats, and inspire the next generation to value Africa’s environmental heritage.
With more than a decade of hands-on experience in private park restoration across Southern Africa and emerging advisory roles in West Africa, Grant brings practical, field-tested knowledge to every audience he engages. His work extends beyond conservation management to large-scale community outreach, where he has educated thousands of young people about the importance of biodiversity and the urgent need to protect disappearing species. Through these initiatives, he helped spearhead fundraising efforts supporting an NGO whose corporate partnerships elevated the message “Stop Wildlife Crime” across multiple platforms.
Grant is widely recognised for his frontline perspective, deep ecological insight, and unwavering commitment to conservation. His acclaimed book, Saving the Last Rhinos, chronicles his childhood, his conservation journey, and the realities of combating poaching syndicates.
From a very young age, Grant Fowlds lived and played in the African bush, enjoying the natural wonders provided by nature. His passion for nature in later life has forged a career in preserving wildlife, teaching our youth in the abundant wealth of nature and conserving a vanishing way of Life.
For over a decade he has been involved in a private park restoration in Southern Africa and recently started consulting in West Africa. His knowledge and passion has been conveyed to thousands of youth in schools through community conservation awareness. This work created a much needed fund raising drive for an NGO with the aid of the corporate social investment portfolios which spells out the slogan “Stop Wildlife Crime”.
Grant Fowlds does not need much presentation. He is one of the leading conservationists, speakers and consultants in Southern Africa, advocating with unlimited passion his love for the wild. At CG we welcome Grant very much as an engaged individual under whose wisdom we will be able to engage in exciting projects in the foreseeable future.
Saving the Last Rhinos’ follows Grant’s life from childhood to present day with all the ups and downs of conservation in Africa as well as all the crazy stories that go with it. This is a revealing look into the life on the front lines of the rhino wars like never told before.
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This 4 minute 57 second video follows Grant Fowlds on a virtual gorilla trekking experience in Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Grant opens by guiding viewers through the communities surrounding Bukavu, where he and his team visit humble schools, meet enthusiastic children, and try to instill awareness of gorilla conservation and tourism. He notes the stark conditions: dark, overcrowded classrooms with few resources, contrasted with the excitement and warmth of the students.
Grant shares scenes of Bukavu’s chaotic streets during heavy rain, showing resilience and daily life amid flooding and litter as locals continue playing soccer. The journey shifts to a climate-focused initiative where the team plants trees through a partnership with Po Pole and the Tanglewood Foundation. They also spend time with local conservation leaders JN and Odet, including a Tusk Award winner, whose hospitality underscores the human connections central to the mission.
The team then enters the volcanic forests of Mount Kahuzi, meeting park rangers including members of the Pygmy community, the original custodians of these habitats. Grant explains that the park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has endured the impacts of civil conflict but remains a sanctuary for the world’s largest great ape species: the eastern lowland gorilla.
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