African Parks
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We are a conservation NGO that takes on the long-term management of National Parks in partnership with governments to save wildlife and help local communities
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined March 2016
Unusual but welcome visitors. Flowing through Zimbabwe’s Matusadona National Park, the Mhukadzapera River isn’t known for sightings of great white pelicans, so it was a lovely surprise when these individuals dropped in recently.
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Picture perfect. Camera traps don’t just create images of passing animals – they allow researchers to build up a picture of the population of predators such as leopard and wild dog by identifying individuals and calculating population densities. In the case of Kafue National Park
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10 Years of experience with simulated trading. Turn your skills into rewards now!
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Things are looking up. There are currently more than 136 Masai giraffe in Rwanda’s Akagera National Park, the descendants of six which were translocated from Kenya almost forty years ago. This healthy population growth is rewarding in itself, but it also speaks to the success
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From Risk to Rewilding: Leading Africa’s Largest Rhino Translocations As featured in Bloomberg’s recent article, “How One Man’s Failed Bet on Rhino Horns Led to the Translocation of 2,000 Animals,” the African Parks Rhino Rewild team is transforming a once-uncertain situation
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From conflict resolution to conservation advocacy. The Kabarze Women of Pibor, South Sudan have a reputation for bringing peace to conflict situations. Their experience in dispute resolution has given them the ideal skillset to be advocates for conservation, with a particular
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Pawprints in the forest. These 16 wild dog had to pass through at least 2km of dense, humid rainforest in the Chinko Conservation Area (CCA) in CAR before they reached this grassy clearing. What might seem to be an unusual sighting is by no means an anomaly, as lion and spotted
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Honey, I grew the local economy The next time you go grocery shopping in Juba, South Sudan, look out for Badingilo Honey on the shelves of your local supermarket. You won’t only be buying a healthy and delicious organic local product; you’ll be helping conservation support
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Rewilding 2,000 rhino is a serious task. There's no hiding it. Rescue. Rewild. Renew. DONATE TODAY Help send 2,000 rhino home. Click here. https://t.co/kqhlL1ev7g
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Rewilding rhino can help renew Africa's ecosystems. Rhino aren’t only majestic – they’re a keystone species that shape entire ecosystems. Without rhino, equilibrium is soon lost. When they return, nature revives. You have the power to help restore that balance. You can make
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Spreading the word Hellène Zenika works as a community facilitator in the chiefdoms and villages surrounding DRC’s Garamba National Park. In this role, she wears many hats: conduit for conservation messages and community concerns; advocate for women’s empowerment; sustainable
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🌍🐾 This #WorldAnimalDay, we reaffirm our commitment to conserving biodiversity. 🦏Through #RhinoRewild we’re returning 2,000 rhino to well-managed protected areas across Africa, restoring ecosystems and conserving a keystone species. ✨Make history. Donate today
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One journey begins and another continues. Today marked a special day in Kinshasa, as the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (@IccnRdc ) and African Parks signed a long-term management partnership for Kundelungu National Park in southeastern DRC. This milestone
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Poop happens – and that’s a good thing. Everybody poops, but not everyone’s poop has the same impact as rhino dung. And no, we’re not talking about the impact of 44 pounds of rhino dung hitting the ground each day, but rather its ecological impact. By supporting Rhino
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Counting Chimps in Chinko. How many chimps live in the Chinko-Vovodo confluence sectors and the Zemongo Wildlife Reserve in Chinko in CAR? That’s the question researchers are trying to answer through gathering field data (counting nests and looking for droppings, plus remote
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From pulp to profit. “Through this business, I’ve managed to pay my son’s school fees and provide for our daily needs.” Mrs. Esther Raphael is one of nine members of the Tiyese Women’s Paper-Recycling Group who are turning used paper into art and craft items that they can sell to
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40 million years is a lot of rhino generations – too many to count. Today, we’recounting on you to help us move 2,000 rhino to protected landscapes across Africa as part of Rhino Rewild. This ambitious project will help safeguard the future of the southern white rhinoas a
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Something new and something blue. Botourline’s blue monkey isn’t new to science, but until 2024, it had never been recorded in South Sudan’s Boma National Park, or indeed anywhere outside its known range in western Ethiopia. Camera trap images, later confirmed by the African
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Join the movement. To mark #WorldRhinoDay, African Parks Rhino Rewild Project Manager Don Jooste joined Anele and The Club on 947to talk about Africa's most ambitious rhino rewilding initiative. With almost 2,000 white rhino to be moved to well-managed landscapes, the
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