People's Postcode Lottery came along with a worthy and interesting documentary project that needed editing, colour grading, sound mixing and VFX.

Wildlife conservationists from the UK are helping train scientists at a new forensic laboratory in Malawi in the global fight against wildlife traffickers. Every day hundreds of thousands of threatened species - mammals, birds, fish and reptiles - are being slaughtered around the world for their tusks, horns, skins and scales.

Such is the sheer magnitude of this illegal trade that wildlife rangers in parks and sanctuaries, particularly in Africa, face a round-the-clock battle to snare the perpetrators. International wildlife trafficking - via land, air and sea - is estimated to be worth up to US$23 Billion every year.

But authorities are fighting back and now Edinburgh-based TRACE Wildlife Forensics Network, working with TRAFFIC International, have helped develop Malawi's first wildlife forensic lab. The new facility, which was made possible thanks to funding from players of People's Postcode Lottery, will see the UK team sharing their world-leading knowledge of the latest evidence-collection and analysis techniques along with training local scientists on the ground to help prosecute offenders.