The sentencing of Kenyan ivory dealer Feisal Ali Mohamed to 20 years in prison in 2016 was a major milestone which sent a message around the world that ivory trafficking is a serious crime that can attract serious penalties. Feisal, however, appealed his sentence and his conviction was quashed by the courts on August 3, … Continued
Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ) supports Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) in fulfilling its mandate to manage and conserve wildlife in the Lower Zambezi National Park and surrounding Game Management Areas. This vast area is home to approximately 1,000 elephants and is contiguous with Mana Pools in Zimbabwe (separated only by the Zambezi … Continued
Once largely protected by its remoteness, new roads carved out of the forest as industrial logging expands into previously intact areas bordering the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park are increasingly placing this forest elephant stronghold at risk. In recent years the intensity and nature of poaching in the Nouabalé-Ndoki landscape has radically changed, with the increased presence … Continued
One of the largest remaining forest elephant populations in central Africa is found in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and its periphery. Challenges to law enforcement in Odzala include the huge size of the area, the dense rainforest making movement difficult, the vulnerability of elephants at ‘bais’ and when migrating outside the park boundaries, and threats … Continued
Thuma and Dedza-Salima, adjacent Forest Reserves in the central region of Malawi, hold a small but nationally significant elephant population of around 190 elephants, representing 10% of Malawi’s elephant population. These elephants are protected by a committed NGO, the Wildlife Action Group (WAG), and the ECF has provided four grants since 2015 to support the … Continued
Often referred to as ground zero in the elephant poaching crisis in Africa, Garamba National Park and the surrounding hunting concessions harbour the Democratic Republic of the Congo's largest remaining elephant population, reduced from over 22,000 in the 1970s to around 900 today. Challenges across the vast landscape of Garamba remain multifaceted and include local … Continued
This elephant population moves through corridors across human-dominated landscapes and between protected areas that link Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland. In Mozambique, ECF partner Saving the Survivors is working with rural communities to deter elephants from crops and villages using simple ‘HEC toolboxes’. Each toolbox contains high-powered flashlights, firecrackers, rope fence, reflective tape, and airhorns. … Continued