The COVID-19 crisis led to a total halt in Kenya’s tourism, leaving a number of rhino conservation groups facing a financial crisis from a major loss in revenue. Save the Rhino International requested funds from the Rhino Recovery Fund on behalf of the Association of Private and Community Land Rhino Sanctuaries (APLRS): an association of … Continued
Namibia is home to 34% of the world's remaining black rhino population, and hosts 90% of the southwestern subspecies. Save the Rhino Trust Namibia (SRT) has protected black rhinos for more than 35 years. Trackers and rangers are essential to combating wildlife crime and protecting these rhinos, which form the last free-roaming population of black … Continued
Rhino management operations in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe aim to ear-notch all rhinos before they leave their mothers for individual identification, and dehorn all rhinos every two years to reduce poaching risk. These operations, with support from the RRF, will help to safeguard rhinos, enable Dambari Wildlife Trust to track their individual growth and development, … Continued
Karingani Game Reserve is a privately managed reserve situated in Southern Mozambique, and is part of the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot: a bioregion that is recognized as having significantly high levels of both floral and faunal diversity. The Rhino Recovery Fund has awarded Karingani for rhino tracking devices to increase Karingani’s monitoring capacity to address the threat … Continued
The black rhino is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, with fewer than 5,000 individuals remaining worldwide. With 850 black rhinos, Kenya remains the stronghold of the Eastern black rhino subspecies. The RRF gave Loisaba Community Trust funding to reintroduce a founder population of eastern black rhinos into a fenced sanctuary, with the eventual … Continued
In 1970, it is estimated that there were 20,000 eastern black rhinos in Kenya, but by 1985, it is estimated that there were fewer than 400 individuals left as a result of an unprecedented poaching pandemic. Recognizing that the rhinos could become locally extinct, secure habitat sanctuaries were formed; small, ecologically suitable, fenced areas where … Continued
Majete Wildlife Reserve is the first park that fell under African Parks’ portfolio back in 2003. Black rhinos were eradicated from Malawi in the 1980s, but they were reintroduced in 2003 with a founder population of 8 adults. This population now stands at 25 individuals. Since their reintroduction into Majete, not one rhino has been … Continued
The conservation of threatened species and protection of South Africa’s landscapes requires the durability of long-term financial investments. With RRF funding, Wilderness Foundation Africa aims to utilize the Biodiversity Management Agreement (BMA) tax incentive for the first time. The BMA seeks to reduce the shortfall in biodiversity funding by providing the opportunity to deduct conservation … Continued
Mozambique currently has 40-60 rhinos (both black and white) in the Greater Lembobos Conservancy, but historically both black and white rhinos were common across the entire Mozambican territory. To aid the Administration of Conservation Areas, Mozambique Wildlife Alliance (MWA) was awarded a grant from the RRF to address the core challenges specific to rhino conservation … Continued
The ability of rangers to track rhinos in Namibia’s vast desert is constantly tested by the harsh environment. They track a vast area of more than 9,653 sq. miles that doesn't have national park status, fences, or control over who enters and exits. Their work is essential to the survival of both black and white … Continued