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  • Giving Season: Help Us Protect Niger’s Irreplaceable Wildlife

    Together, we can help safeguard Niger’s imperiled wildlife. Niger, a land of breathtaking deserts and unique wildlife in West Africa, […]

  • Protecting Niger’s Irreplaceable Wildlife

    Protecting Niger’s Irreplaceable Wildlife This Giving season, together, we can help safeguard Niger’s imperiled wildlife. With your help, we seek […]

  • Sahara Conservation’s 2023 Annual Report

    We are pleased to present Sahara Conservation’s 2023 Annual Report, highlighting a year of groundbreaking conservation successes and strategic partnerships. […]

  • Vegetation and bush fires: an interdependent relationship

    Sophie Lox Read here the fourth article of Sandscript 32nd issue Bush fires are now a recurrent global phenomenon in […]

  • Profile of a tree – The desert date (Balanites aegyptiaca)

    John Newby Read here the third article of Sandscript 32nd issue Dattier du désert, hidjilidj, aborak, seguene, garbey, kielega, tanni, […]

  • Flora and vegetation of the Ougarta Mountains, a still little-known biogeographical crossroads

    Abdelkader Nabil Benghanem and Salima Benhouhou Read here the second article of Sandscript 32nd issue The umbrella thorn (Acacia tortilis […]

  • Saharan plants: forgotten survivors and global assets

    Mike Maunder Read here the first article of Sandscript 32nd issue The Saharan plants, and the landscapes they form, have […]

  • Read Sandscript #32!

    Dear readers, We are excited to share with you the 32nd issue of Sandscript, our publication dedicated to the unique biodiversity of […]

  • Legal notice

    Legal notice Website owner and publisher Sahara Conservation Fund – EuropeNon for profit organisation53 rue Bourdignon94100 SAINT MAUR DES FOSSES […]

  • Careers

    Careers You can also send your resume and cover letter by email: jobs@saharaconservation.org

  • Scimitar-horned oryx reintroduction

    Scimitar-horned oryx reintroduction Once roaming freely across Africa’s Sahelian grasslands, the scimitar-horned oryx was declared Extinct in the Wild by […]

  • Supporting local communities and raising awareness

    Supporting local communities and raising awareness Local communities have a direct impact on biodiversity because of their close proximity and […]

  • Barbary sheep

    Barbary sheep The Barbary sheep is indigenous to the Sahara and its sub-Saharan fringes. It can be found in suitable mountain habitats throughout […]

  • Bustards

    Bustards With their large size and gorgeous plumage, bustards are truly iconic species of the grasslands of North Africa. Although […]

  • West African giraffe

    West African giraffe In the late 1990s, only 49 West African giraffes were left in the whole of West Africa, […]

  • Addax

    Addax The addax antelope is one of the rarest and most endangered species on earth. Illegal hunting has brought addax […]

  • Scimitar-horned oryx

    Scimitar-horned oryx Sahara Conservation’s flagship species, the scimitar-horned oryx has been brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to […]

  • Slender-horned gazelle

    Slender-horned gazelle The Slender-horned gazelle is of special importance to conservation of Saharan wildlife because it is endemic to the […]

  • Cuvier’s gazelle

    Cuvier’s gazelle Cuvier’s Gazelle is a tall, stocky gazelle (20-35 kg), reddish-brown in colour, with a white belly and contrasting […]

  • Sandscript Issue 31 May 2023

  • North African ostrich

    North African ostrich A century ago, this ostrich inhabited the entire periphery of the Sahara, both North and South, over […]

  • Dorcas gazelle

    Dorcas gazelle The largest remaining population of dorcas gazelles, some 50-60,000 animals, is to be found in Chad’s Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi […]

  • Vultures

    African vultures As scavengers, vultures play an unparalleled role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Yet, they are among the species most […]

  • Dama gazelle

    Dama gazelle Once widespread throughout the Sahel, the dama gazelle is one of the planet’s most endangered species, with surely […]

  • Our partners

    Our partners Thank you to all our partners! Together we have put the Sahel and the Sahara on the conservation […]

  • 2024 Sahel & Sahara Interest Group meeting – Registration is open!

    Background The Sahel & Sahara Interest Group was born in 2000 on the back of a meeting organized by the […]

  • Ouadi Rimé – Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve

    Ouadi Rimé – Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve Chad’s Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve (OROAFR) is a unique place supporting a […]

  • Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve

    Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve Established in 1988, the Aïr and Ténéré National Natural Reserve (ATNNR) is classified as […]

  • A collared dama gazelle joins a group of wild dama

    Two weeks ago, six dama gazelles were released into the de Ouadi Rimé Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve. To follow the […]

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    Our work Sahara Conservation exists to conserve the wildlife and ecosystems of the Sahara Desert and adjacent Sahelian grasslands for […]