An aerial survey of the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Game Reserve (OROAGR), originally planned by the Project Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim (POROA) for 2020, but delayed by covid impact, was conducted last November. The objective was to provide updated information on the numbers and distribution of wildlife and livestock and record other environmental elements such as human [...]

International Day of Forests yesterday, World Water Day today… Two elements critically missing to Sahara, yet vital. So why talk about it, you would ask? To raise awareness and shed some light on the challenges faced by the wildlife in Sahel and Sahara. Chad’s Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Game Reserve was established by Presidential decree on May [...]

Since 2001, the Sahel and Sahara Interest Group (SSIG) meeting has been an annual forum for everyone working in wildlife conservation within the arid areas of North Africa and the Middle East. Facilitated by SaharaConservation (previously Sahara Conservation Fund), the meeting provides an opportunity to bring people together to share ideas and projects, and to [...]

In January 2020, a helicopter capture operation was conducted to translocate gazelles from the Manga region to the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim protected area in central Chad. By bringing back one male among the three captured gazelles, the rescue mission was a success, as a breeding group was created. With the birth of a second dama […]

The Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF) continues to monitor breeding vulture populations in Niger in an effort to learn more about the ecology and threats of these highly threatened birds. Currently, monitoring activities are concentrated in the Gadabeji Biosphere Reserve in the Maradi region and the Koutous Massif in the Zinder region. In early 2020, it […]