Wildlife Conservation in Nambia 04 january 200728 November 2007
Namibia supports a wide variety of animal life, including the famous desert elephants, the only free ranging population of Black Rhino (everywhere else in the world, Black Rhino are only found inside protected areas such as national parks), as well as the largest population of Cheetah remaining in the world. Namibia is also home to Lion, Leopard, Caracal, Brown Hyena, Spotted Hyena, African Wild Cats, as well as lots of other animal species e.g. Zebra, Giraffe, Springbok, Wildebeest, and much more. Namibia is one of the few African countries to support six species of large carnivores - Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Spotted Hyena, Brown Hyena and Wild Dogs are all found wild in Namibia.
There are a number if conservation organisations working in Namibia to protect these species. Some of the main ones are:
The Predator Conservation Trust
The Predator Conservation Trust is best known for its work with the desert lions, found in the Kunene region of Namibia. They have also been involved in reintroducing lions and cheetah onto private land. They also run the Namibian Large Carnivore Atlas - a project which encourages people to report all sightings of Spotted Hyena, Brown Hyena, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, and wild dogs. This helps build up information about the populations of these large carnivores. The Predator Conservation Trusts website contains copies of the atlas reports which you can download, and which provide information about where sightings are most common for each of the species. Please contribute to this project by reporting sightings you make. This can either be done using a form which is available at the offices in Etosha rest camps, or by using the online form on the PCT website.
Cheetah Conservation Fund
CCF works to create and manage long-term conservation strategies for the cheetah throughout their range; develop and implement better livestock management practices, eliminating the need for ranchers to kill so many cheetah; conduct conservation education programs for local villagers, ranchers and school children and continue intensive scientific research in cheetah genetics, biology and species survival.
Save the Rhino Trust
The desert adapted black rhino surviving in the remote and arid Kunene region of north west Namibia are the ONLY rhino world-wide that have survived on communal land with no conservation status. Since Save The Rhino Trust was formed poaching has dramatically decreased and rhino numbers have more than doubled.
Brown Hyena Research Project
The Brown Hyena Research Project is a non-profit organisation based in the port of L deritz in the southern Namib Desert in Namibia. Their research on brown hyenas and the conservation of the ecologically unique brown hyena population along the coastal Namib Desert commenced in 1995 and has since developed into a long-term conservation project.
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