Conservation Efforts across Africa

Here’s a short video from the conservation group African Parks about the important work they’re doing to conserve National Parks across Africa:  African Parks

From their website:

“African Parks is a non-profit organisation that takes total responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with governments and local communities. Our approach combines world-class conservation practice with business expertise. We place emphasis on achieving financial sustainability of the parks by combining long-term donor funding with tourism revenues, related business enterprise and payment for ecosystem services, which all serve as a foundation for economic development and poverty alleviation. It is our belief that making wildlife parks socially and economically viable, particularly for the benefit of local communities, will contribute to their survival in the face of competing forms of land use.

African Parks currently manages 10 parks in 7 African countries : CAR, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Zambia. The total area under management covers 6 million hectares, an area larger than The Netherlands.

It is our objective to become the leading player in protected area management on the African continent. By 2023 we aim to have responsibility for a portfolio of 20 parks covering an area of approximately 10 million hectares. Because of the geographic spread and representation of different ecosystems, this will be one of the most ecologically diverse portfolios of parks in the world.”