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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 […]
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Erg | Reg, a New Book on the Sahara’s Beauty
The Sahara Conservation Fund has recently participated in a new beautiful coffee-table book Erg/Reg by Italian photographer, researcher and documentary […]
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Slender-horned gazelle conservation strategy 2020-2029
The slender-horned gazelle (Gazella leptoceros) Conservation Strategy 2020-2029 has been published in English and French by IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist […]
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Emirates to air nature documentaries inflight
Emirates Airlines has collaborated with award winning Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) to air nature documentaries inflight. Two EAD […]
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Emirates Airlines to air nature documentaries for inflight passengers
The partnership aims to fulfil Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi’s objective of raising awareness of key regional environmental issues and […]
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Al Ain Zoo protects endangered animals
Al Ain Zoo, which is home to nearly 4,000 animals from around the world, 30 percent of which are endangered, […]
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Oryx conservation success expands to ostriches in Chad
Since 2015, under a joint initiative sponsored by the government of Chad and the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, the Sahara […]
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Sahara Conservation fund condemns Kouré giraffe reserve deadly attack
It is with great sadness that the Sahara Conservation Fund mourns the deaths and remembers the lives of the eight victims […]
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The Oryx Project welcomes newborn dama gazelle in Chad
The exciting second phase of the Chad scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) reintroduction project has seen more than a few high points […]
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Continuing conservation on a planet on lockdown
The current global pandemic has created a multitude of setbacks in so many facets of life. For the conservation community, […]
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EAD celebrates first critically endangered addax born in the wild in Chad
ABU DHABI — The Environment Agency — Abu Dhabi (EAD) announced that the first wild-born Addax calf (Addax nasomaculatus) was born […]
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Mickey Ollson of Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park on building a successful zoo from the ground up
Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park in Arizona recently opened a five-acre Safari Park expansion, featuring pygmy hippos, Grévy’s zebra, onagers, caracals […]
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Dama gazelle: hard lessons on the road to saving a species
Striving to conserve the last few remaining individuals of a Critically Endangered species is fraught with risks. This is certainly […]
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Dama gazelles: achieving a major conservation goal
In one of the most ambitious and challenging missions it has ever undertaken, the Sahara Conservation Fund led an international […]
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Movements of newly released addax
In mid-January, the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi and the Government of Chad, with implementing partner the Sahara Conservation Fund, released […]
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News from the latest vulture field monitoring mission
February was the start of a new breeding season for vultures in Niger and time for the local SCF team […]
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Saving the last critically endangered dama gazelles
An extraordinary rescue mission deep in the Sahara captures four rare dama gazelles and revives hopes of saving the species. […]
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Recent humanitarian missions
The Sahara Conservation Fund, in collaboration with the non-profits ESAFRO and L’Afrique à Cœur, participates in supporting local populations within […]
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Dama gazelles in Niger’s Aïr
Mont Takoulkouzet is located in the Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve (ATNNR). The reserve shelters several emblematic wildlife species […]
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North African ostrich workshop in Chad
The North African ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) is the biggest and one of the rarest birds on the planet. With […]
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POROA: developments & progress report
The Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Project (POROA) has been run by Sahara Conservation in collaboration with the government of Chad since […]
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Achieving sound conservation
John Watkin I knew before accepting the position that succeeding John Newby as the CEO of the Sahara Conservation Fund […]
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Sandscript – Spring 2019
With spring 2019 already underway, the Sahara Conservation Fund continues to make steady progress in its projects and towards its […]
