Project Phiri is based in the Northwest Province of South Africa. The research started with pilot work in Pilanesberg National Park in 2003 and is supported by The Earthwatch Institute.
The Hyena Specialist Group has two major goals: 1) to promote the conservation of hyenas worldwide through integrated research, and 2) through education, to change people’s attitudes towards these much maligned and often unnecessarily persecuted animals.
Central to these objectives has been the work carried out in Pilanesberg National Park.