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Sahel & Sahara Interest Group 2023 meeting – Save the date!
Since 2001, the Sahel and Sahara Interest Group (SSIG) meeting has been an annual forum for everyone working in wildlife conservation within […]
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Tribute to Dr Mark Stanley Price
Sahara Conservation is sad to share the news of Dr Mark Stanley Price’s passing last week, one of our board […]
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Thank you for this year together!
As 2022 draws to a close, we wanted to thank you for your continued support throughout the year. The past […]
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Sandscript #30 – One Health Approaches in antelope reintroduction programs
The Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Game Reserve in Chad is the only place in the world where three species of highly […]
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Sandscript #30 – Antelope darting protocols in Chad
The tele-anesthesia and chemical immobilization of wild antelopes that the Government of Chad, the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) […]
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Sandscript #30 – Translocation in conservation: to crate or not to crate?
Humans have been translocating animals around for thousands of years. Initially for food and fiber, more recently for conservation. Sometimes, […]
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Sandscript #30 – Vaccinating antelopes before their reintroduction: a necessity?
Since 2016, the Government of Chad and the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), with the participation of Sahara Conservation, […]
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Sandscript #30 – A long-running story: the enduring search for health security common to humans, livestock and wildlife
1967. North-East Chad, somewhere towards Abéché in a region that is now gazetted as the Ouadi Rimé – Ouadi Achim […]
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Sandscript #30 – From injection to management: the veterinarian’s pathway in wildlife conservation
Avian influenza with a highly pathogenic H1N1 virus, SARS, Ebola, Covid-19, Monkeypox, etc.: the early 21st century has confirmed time […]
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Sandscript #30 is out!
Dear readers, We are really happy to introduce you to the 30th issue of Sandscript, the bi-annual publication of Sahara […]
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Webinar – One health and conservation in the Sahara and Sahel region
Good conservation = Good health “Human health and animal health are interdependent and bound to the health of the ecosystems […]
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In Memoriam: Gustavo Fonseca
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21st SSIG meeting: videos and proceedings
Since 2001, the Sahel and Sahara Interest Group (SSIG) meeting has been a regular forum for everyone working in wildlife […]
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Aerial survey of the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Game Reserve
An aerial survey of the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Game Reserve (OROAGR), originally planned by the Project Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim (POROA) for 2020, […]
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Forests, water and… Sahara
International Day of Forests yesterday, World Water Day today… Two elements critically missing to Sahara, yet vital. So why talk about it, […]
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2022 Sahel & Sahara Interest Group meeting
Since 2001, the Sahel and Sahara Interest Group (SSIG) meeting has been an annual forum for everyone working in wildlife conservation within […]
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Reversing the decline of threatened wildlife in the Aïr & Ténéré National Nature Reserve in Niger
Once widespread in the Sahelo-Saharan region of Africa, the dama gazelle (Nanger dama) is now one of the continent’s most […]
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Birth of a second dama gazelle at the Oryx base in the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve in Chad
In January 2020, a helicopter capture operation was conducted to translocate gazelles from the Manga region to the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi […]
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The Sahara Conservation Fund signed a US$5 million agreement to implement the ALBIÄ project in Chad
Today, the Ministry of Environment, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development and the Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF) signed a US$5 million agreement […]
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20th SSIG meeting: videos and abstracts
‘Dear friends, the situation is certainly difficult. But at the same time, there is a broad consensus on the possibility […]
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Animals from Niger get a colorful makeover from Manon Raman
“Animals of Niger,” an exhibition of work by the artist Manon Raman, was held on May 22 and 23, 2021 […]
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Launch of the UN decade for ecosystem restoration
Today, June 5, 2021, World Environment Day, marks the official beginning of a decisive period. Under the theme of ‘restoring […]
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Monitoring Rüppell’s vulture breeding populations in Niger: latest field observations
The Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF) continues to monitor breeding vulture populations in Niger in an effort to learn more about […]
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Building capacity in a sahelo-saharan protected area through the POROA
The period between January and March of this year has been a busy one for the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Project […]
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Incredible passive capture of a wild dama gazelle
In December 2020, members of the Oryx Project team spotted three wild dama gazelles – one of the world’s most […]
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Another 15 ostrich chicks arrive in Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim
In the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve (OROAFR) in Chad, the Sahara Conservation Fund’s (SCF) field staff are continuing to […]
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Oryx five years on
On March 14, 2016, scimitar-horned oryx set foot on Chadian soil after an absence of almost 40 years. Welcomed back […]
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Well spotted, Habib!
John Newby and Tim Wacher On a routine monitoring patrol in late January 2021, SCF’s long term oryx monitoring team […]
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20th annual meeting of the Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group
The Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group (SSIG) meeting has been an annual forum for all those working in wildlife conservation within the […]
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Sahara In The Spotlight – The Legacy of Erg | Reg
Since the book’s publication in late 2020, elements of it have featured in a range of different media, including the […]
