The Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) was conceptualized in 1993 and established in 1996 by the World Wide Fund for Nature, South Africa (WWF South Africa) in close cooperation with interested and affected parties in southern Africa, including national and provincial government departments, other conservation agencies and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Since its inception, and with the support of WWF-SA and Peace Parks Foundation, the College has trained over 14,000 people from 46 countries, but mostly from countries in the SADC region, in natural resource management and conservation practices.
