African Parks
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African Parks
@AfricanParks
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
- For a brief period after the first heavy rains in December, a sea of bull frogs gathered on Liuwa’s flooded plains in Zambia to mate. Turn your sound up to hear their incredible chorus.
00:00 - Prince Harry and African Parks Make an Earth Day Appeal for Protected Areas in Africa. Read the Press Release: bit.ly/2QrTB4R
- Breaking news: African Parks will rewild 2,000 southern white rhino over the next decade. We've purchased the world’s largest captive rhino breeding operation to rewild the rhino to safe and well-managed protected areas. More here:
- There are just 47 Kordofan giraffe left in the whole of Democratic Republic of Congo – and they are all in Garamba National Park. Our rangers are holding the line, protecting the last giraffe, and other wildlife in this place.
00:00 - We’ve had a rare sighting of the first wild cheetah cubs to the born in Malawi in 20 years - and are pleased to share that are doing well! The cheetah population has grown in just a year to 15 and is part of a larger predator restoration project for the region #goodnews
00:00 - Garamba, DRC, has not detected an elephant carcass with signs of poaching in the larger 14,795 km2 Garamba Complex since September 2019! This means we have achieved 28 consecutive months with no detection of poached elephants – the longest period that has been achieved in decades
- It’s official! #PrinceHarry has been appointed President of #AfricanParks! We are thrilled to share this good news, and honoured that he has chosen us to solidify his commitment to conservation. african-parks.org/princeharry @KensingtonRoyal @BBCWorld
- African Parks shares everybody’s deep concern and distress about the publication of allegations of human rights abuses in Odzala Kokoua National Park in Congo, on the 27th of January.
- We are honoured to announce that the Rob & Melani Walton Foundation (@RMWF) has made a transformational gift of $100M to African Parks, to preserve 30M hectares of biodiversity & bolster sustainability in Africa. Read More: fal.cn/3icFB
- We are pleased to share that today, on August 25th, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and African Parks signed a 10-year renewable agreement for Boma and Badingilo National Parks. Read Press Release bit.ly/3PKcbhr
- The European Premiere of #TheLionKing took place last night. In celebration @Disney announced #ProtectThePride, a global campaign supporting the conservation of lions and their habitats. Learn how African Parks, a partner of @LionRecovery, is saving lions bit.ly/2LnGFsC
- Just in case you missed it - ostriches have arrived in Ennedi! We carried out a delicate operation to translocate ostrich chicks from Zakouma to Ennedi in Chad to supplement the existing population, recently thought to be extinct.
- We are immensely proud of our rangers who participated in the recent #WildlifeRangerChallenge2022, a 21 km half-marathon, to raise awareness for the critical work of wildlife rangers across Africa’s protected areas.
