Country: Niger
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Metamorphosis – Change in the air at Sahara Conservation
After 15 years at the helm of the Sahara Conservation Fund, John Newby, the organization’s founding CEO, will be stepping […]
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Happy World Giraffe Day!
In May 2018, the Sahara Conservation Fund was at the Giraffe Conservation Science Symposium, which took place at the SCBI campus in Front […]
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Plastic pollution in Niger: an alarming snapshot
It is an alarming scene the Sahara Conservation Fund observed, again, during its field work in Niger: plastic pollution is spoiling […]
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Monitoring dama gazelles in northern Niger
The dama gazelle (Nanger dama) is one of the most endangered antelopes in the world with a population estimated at […]
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Saving giraffe from extinction is a tall order
THE FOREST was moving. Not the lazy sway of wispy sprigs fluttering on gentle zephyrs but branch, bough and trunk […]
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Niger, Sahel: the end of the migration route for an Egyptian vulture from Bulgaria
At the beginning of October, the management unit of Gadabeji Game Reserve (GGR) has been supported by the Sahara Conservation Fund […]
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Developing a regional action plan for addax and dama gazelle
Addax and dama gazelle were formerly distributed widely across the Sahara and Sahel. A catastrophic decline has taken place, especially […]
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Strengthening collaborations for the recovery of North African ostrich
Sahara Conservation is implementing a national and international action plan within the framework of the North African ostrich (Struthio camelus […]
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Humans may have killed all but 3 of these animals in the wild
There are only three Saharan addax — corkscrew-horned antelope native to the sandy deserts of eastern Niger and western Chad […]
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Poachers went after this amazing antelope for fun
LIFE IN THE Sahara is no cakewalk. The baking sun raises temperatures to more than 120 degrees, howling winds conjure up […]
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Please help us feed a hungry friend
You will no doubt have heard the Sahel region of Africa has yet again been hit with erratic and inadequate […]
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Please Fasten Your Safety Belts
It will not have escaped anyone’s attention that North Africa is going through significant turmoil at the moment. Turbulence that […]
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Black Gold Or White
In the fall of 2008, Niger began drilling for oil in the Tin Toumma desert to the east of the […]
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Healthcare missions
Healthcare missions One of the main challenges as a wildlife conservation NGO is to succeed in combining the needs and […]