A crucial element in operating our Elephant Crisis Fund (ECF) is on the ground evaluation of the various projects and partners that we support. Recently, a team from the ECF visited Kenya’s South Rift, where they got a close look at the work being done by the South Rift Association of Landowners (SORALO) who we … Continued
Being a ranger is no walk in the park. Just ask Tina Lain - the leader of over 200 rangers working in the remote and dangerous Upemba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since 2017, Forgotten Parks Foundation (FPF) has rehabilitated Upemba from years of rebel groups, poachers and illegal mining.
Esmond Bradley Martin was an extraordinary person who played a pivotal role in shedding light on the illegal trade of rhino horn and elephant ivory. A close friend of Save the Elephants and a grantee of the Elephant Crisis Fund (ECF), Esmond’s life was celebrated and his legacy honored at the inaugural Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize award ceremony in London.
Nigeria has gained a reputation as one of Africa’s main wildlife trafficking hubs, with criminals taking advantage of high levels of corruption and poor law enforcement. Lagos is one of Africa’s primary exit points for large shipments of elephant ivory, pangolin scales, and other illegal wildlife products. These flow from West, Central and Southern Africa, are consolidated in Nigeria, and shipped on to Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia.
In August 2022, African Parks signed a 10-year renewable agreement with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan, for the management of Boma and Badingilo National Parks. The vast, wild Boma-Badingilo landscape, almost twice the size of Tsavo National Park in Kenya, lies east of the Nile River, extending to the Ethiopian border. The area is best known for its massive migration of white-eared kob and tiang antelope, the second-largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world after the Serengeti wildebeest.
Zakouma holds the largest surviving population of elephants in Chad, and is one of African Parks’ most impressive success stories. The elephant population in Zakouma has been brought back from the brink of extinction since African Parks assumed management of the National Park under a Public-Private Partnership agreement with the Government in 2010. Since then, … Continued