Ingwe Research Program

Ingwe Research Program is a non-governmental organisation based in Hoedspruit, South Africa working on nature & wildlife conservation, science & research.

Ingwe Research Program is a South African non-profit company working to conserve leopards in South Africa. It combines formal research, citizen science, novel technologies such as AI-based tools and UAV mapping, and collaboration with reserves and stakeholders to produce practical scientific recommendations. Its work includes leopard population estimates and distribution, road ecology studies, and human-leopard coexistence research in the Greater Kruger area and surrounding reserves. It runs a volunteer programme that places participants in fieldwork, camera trap setup, wildlife monitoring and data analysis, and it is supported by donations, sponsorships and corporate partners. The organisation was founded by a conservation biologist and is linked to the On Track Foundation and Protecting African Wildlife Conservation Trust, which were established by its founders.