Country: Niger
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Challenges of sahelo-saharan antelope reintroductions: depletion in the wild vs abundance in captivity
The conservation community is facing a paradox related to the difficulties of reintroducing and/or reinforcing some species which are declining and disappearing in the wild while the number of individuals keeps increasing in captivity and overpopulation is becoming an issue, e.g.: scimitar-horned oryx and addax in zoos and private collections. Thomas Rabeil Based on the…
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Niger to move protected giraffes as habitat shrinks
Part of a group of a rare giraffes that has become a Niger tourist attraction is to be moved to a reserve 600km away owing to encroaching desert, farmland and increasing instances of them being struck by vehicles, officials said on Wednesday. https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/niger-to-move-protected-giraffes-as-habitat-shrinks-20181121
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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 down in 2019 to take on a new role as Senior Adviser. With the organization at a critical point in its growth and development, and a brand-new strategic plan under its belt, John and the SCF…
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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 Royal, Virginia, USA. This first-ever giraffe conservation science-related event was a new initiative of our partner the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. Indeed, SCF has joined forces with GCF to save the last remaining population of West African Giraffe that lives in the…
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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 landscapes and seriously endangering wildlife. The ingestion of plastic by animals can indeed kill them. Non-biodegradable plastic bags are used everywhere Niger markets. In the cities, the authorities use staff to reduce pollution a little, even if many…
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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 less than 300 individuals scattered across a handful of small isolated groups in Chad, Niger, and possibly Mali (RZSS & IUCN, 2014). This species is in the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered (IUCN 2016),…
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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 were rolling across the landscape, creating a sense of motion sickness. https://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/923912/giraffe-extinction-niger-conservation-species?fbclid=IwAR0i2wLlbbX685opK9wtwSz5pEihqhm_cw9ztFUKxMKbSZwgYLFzgeLkCm4
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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 and the project Niger Fauna Corridor to carry out a mission in the vicinity of the reserve to collect information about a tagged captive bred Egyptian vulture released in Bulgaria. Auteur The Sahel and Sahara is on…
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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 during the last 40 years, that has brought both species close to extinction in the wild. Wild populations of addax and dama gazelle are now limited to a tiny number of small fragments of their…
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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 camelus) recovery project. Maimounatou Mamadou Ibrahim The success of this initiative relies on the support and involvement of various stakeholders At the end of 2016, SC met with the Nigerien authorities and private holders, followed…
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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 — left in the wild. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/addax-only-3-left_n_572f66c9e4b016f378962497?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000048
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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 dust devils and sand storms, and years can pass before a drop of rain falls. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160302-addax-sahara-desert-poaching-oil-war
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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 rainfall. This has led to failed harvests and poorly developed grazing. An estimated 13 million people are affected with over 6 million of these in Niger alone. Here, food shortages are estimated to be in…
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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 often dramatically upsets society and which also impacts heavily on our ability to carry out our conservation mission. John Newby I was recently asked whether we would be abandoning projects as a result of the…
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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 country. Tin Toumma is where SCF and its partners are working to set up a vast new national nature reserve. It is also home to the world’s last viable population of addax. Will the search…
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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 expectations of local populations with conservation activities. Based on its experience, Sahara Conservation has been able to develop initiatives that link its efforts to safeguard both wildlife and the people sharing their habitat.Sahara Conservation works…