Species: Addax
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Sahara Conservation’s 2023 Annual Report
We are pleased to present Sahara Conservation’s 2023 Annual Report, highlighting a year of groundbreaking conservation successes and strategic partnerships. […]
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Our highlights 2023 and Looking ahead
Together we are making a difference in one of the most challenging environments on Earth! As a result of our […]
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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 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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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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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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Niger will use drones to protect almost extinct addax antelopes
Oft times when we talk about endangered animals in Afrika at risk of extinction or being poached we think mostly of elephants […]
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New observations of dama gazelles in the wild
The Takolokouzet Massif is located in the Aïr & Ténéré National Nature Reserve in Niger. It is home to some […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Only three addax antelopes left in the wild?
Is this the end for the addax (Addax nasomaculatus)? The IUCN reported today that extensive surveys of addax habitat in Niger found […]
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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 […]
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Bringing the addax back to the wild
Bringing the addax back to the wild Once roaming in vast numbers across the Sahara’s arid landscapes, the addax has […]
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Addax
Addax The addax antelope is one of the rarest and most endangered species on earth. Illegal hunting has brought addax […]