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Sahara Conservation and its partners regularly produce reports, scientific articles, and communication materials reflecting the progress of our conservation programs across the Sahara and Sahel.
- Conservation strategies / action plans
- Sahara Conservation’s technical reports
- Peer-reviewed articles
Conservation strategies / Action plans
- West African Vulture Conservation Action Plan 2023 – 2043
- Multi-species action plan to conserve African-Eurasian vultures (Vultures MSAP)
- [French only] Plan d’aménagement et de gestion de la Réserve de faune de Ouadi Rimé – Ouadi Achim (2023 – 2032)
- Dama gazelle (Nanger dama) Conservation Strategy 2019-2028
- Dama gazelle (Nanger dama) Conservation Strategy 2019-2028: 5-year Review and Update
- [French only] Feuille de route pour la conservation de la gazelle dama (Nanger dama) dans la Réserve Naturelle Nationale de l’Aïr et du Ténéré 2024 – 2033
- Conservation strategy and action plan for Cuvier’s gazelle (Gazella cuvieri) in North Africa 2017 – 2026
- Slender-horned Gazelle Gazella leptoceros Conservation Strategy 2020-2029
- [French only] Plan d’action régional addax et gazelle dama 2018 – 2022
- [French only] Stratégie de conservation de la girafe d’Afrique de l’Ouest
- [French only] Stratégie de conservation de l’autruche d’Afrique du Nord (Struthio camelus camelus) au Niger
Sahara Conservation’s technical reports
- Chad Oryx Reintroduction Project 2024 Annual Report
- Vulture program, Niger & Chad- semestrial activity report – S1 2025
- Vulture program, Niger & Chad- semestrial activity report – S2 2024
- Vulture program, Niger & Chad- semestrial activity report – S1 2024
- Ostrich program, Niger – semestrial activity report – S2 2024
- Ostrich program, Niger – semestrial activity report – S1 2024
- Chad Oryx Reintroduction Project 2023 Annual Report
- Chad Oryx Reintroduction Project 2022 Annual Report
- Chad Oryx Reintroduction Project 2021 Annual Report
- Chad Oryx Reintroduction Project 2020 Annual Report
Peer-reviewed articles
- Distribution, Abundance, and Conservation Status of the Aïr Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas villiersi Dekeyser, 1950 (Primates: Cercopithecidae) in the Aïr Massif-Gadabedji Region, Niger. 2025
- Heads up–Four Giraffa species have distinct cranial morphology. 2024
- Saving the Last West African Giraffe Population: A Review of Its Conservation Status and Management. 2024.
- Genetic diversity in global populations of the critically endangered addax (Addax nasomaculatus) and its implications for conservation. 2023.
- Status of vultures in the Koutous Massif, Niger. 2023.
- Social development and biodiversity conservation synergies for the West African giraffe in a human-wildlife landscape. 2023.
- Following the White Vulture: Ethno-ornithology along the Flyway of the Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus). 2022.
- Experience and social factors influence movement and habitat selection in scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) reintroduced into Chad. 2022.
- Gazelle–livestock interactions and impact of water resource development in the Ouadi Rimé–Ouadi Achim Reserve, Chad. 2022.
- Major Threats To A Migratory Raptor Vary Geographically Along The Eastern Mediterranean Flyway. 2021.
- Pursuit of ‘sustainable’ development may contribute to the vulture crisis in East Africa. 2021
- Short-term effects of GPS collars on the activity, behavior, and adrenal response of scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah). 2020.
- An update of the geographical distribution of giraffe, Giraffa spp., throughout sub-Saharan Africa and its implications for conservation. 2019.
- Management background and release conditions, structure and post-release movements in reintroduced ungulates. 2019.
- Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: Challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara-Sahel. 2018.
- First records of Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey for Chad. 2016.
- Desert antelopes on the brink: how resilient is the Sahelo-Saharan ecosystem? 2016.
- Innovation, traditional knowledge and awareness lead to good practices for avoiding biodiversity loss in the Sahara. 2014.
- Splitting or Lumping? A Conservation Dilemma Exemplified by the Critically Endangered Dama Gazelle (Nanger dama). 2014.
- Herpetofauna of Termit Massif and neighbour areas in Tenere Desert, southeastern Niger, West Africa. 2014.
- Home, home on the range… 2014.
- Fiddling in biodiversity hotspots while deserts burn? Collapse of the Sahara’s megafauna. 2014.
- Earth observation: overlooked potential to support species reintroduction programmes. 2013.
- Vulture observations in the Sahelian ones of Chad and Niger. 2013.
- Forgotten Biodiversity in Desert Ecosystems. 2012.
- The Fall and Rise of the Scimitar-horned Oryx. 2012.
- Phylogeographic analysis of nuclear and mtDNA supports subspecies designations in the ostrich (Struthio camelus). 2010.
- Saving the world’s largest bird. The ostrich recovery project in Niger. 2008. (Connect. September 2008: 18-21.)
- Saving the addax. 2006.
- The Massif du Termit: the last sanctuary for Sahelo-Saharan wildlife? 2005. (Oryx, 39 (2), p. 122-123. ISSN 0030-6053.)
- The Sahara Conservation Fund. Conservation News. 2005.