African Parks

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African Parks

🇿🇦Environment#1 last 12 months
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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African ParksVerified
EnvironmentSouth AfricaEst. 2000Peter Fearnhead
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About

African Parks is a conservation nonprofit that manages protected areas across Africa in partnership with governments and local communities. Founded in 2000, the organization takes on the long-term management of national parks and other protected areas to conserve wildlife, restore ecosystems and strengthen the communities surrounding them.

Its work includes wildlife protection, anti-poaching operations, habitat restoration, law enforcement, community development and tourism. African Parks manages more than 20 protected areas across multiple African countries, covering millions of hectares of land and supporting conservation programs for threatened species including elephants, rhinos, lions and African wild dogs.

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African Parks trained farmers around Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo in agroecological practices, including intercropping, soil conservation and raised-bed cultivation, while supporting beekeeping and fish-farming initiatives to improve household food security and diversify incomes on 2026-11-10. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ DR Congo
Climatetrained farmers around Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo in agroecological practices, including intercropping, soil conservation and raised-bed cultivation, while supporting beekeeping and fish-farming initiatives to improve household food security and diversify incomes.
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African Parks signed a Priority Support Plan with the Government of Gabon to assess conservation needs and long-term management options for Moukalaba-Doudou National Park and Wonga-Wongué Presidential Reserve, with local communities central to the process on 2026-10-29. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Gabon
Climatesigned a Priority Support Plan with the Government of Gabon to assess conservation needs and long-term management options for Moukalaba-Doudou National Park and Wonga-Wongué Presidential Reserve, with local communities central to the process.
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African Parks used satellite-collar data from 23 elephants to track more than 39,000 km of movement in 2026 and apply the information to ranger deployment, conservation operations and community engagement on 2026-08-12. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Greater Kafue elephant monitoring
Climateused satellite-collar data from 23 elephants to track more than 39,000 km of movement in 2026 and apply the information to ranger deployment, conservation operations and community engagement
African Parks supported the conservation work underpinning the Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape's inscription as South Sudan's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, covering roughly 12 million hectares of connected habitat on 2026-07-24. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Great Nile conservation recognition
Climatesupported the conservation work underpinning the Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape's inscription as South Sudan's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, covering roughly 12 million hectares of connected habitat
African Parks extended its long-term management of Liuwa Plain National Park into part of the Upper West Zambezi Game Management Area to protect migratory wildlife corridors and support surrounding communities on 2026-07-15. Cause: Animals.
African Parks→ Liuwa Plain landscape expansion
Animalsextended its long-term management of Liuwa Plain National Park into part of the Upper West Zambezi Game Management Area to protect migratory wildlife corridors and support surrounding communities
African Parks reintroduced a group of critically endangered black rhinos to Matusadona National Park after the species had been absent from the park for more than a decade on 2026-06-03. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Matusadona black rhino reintroduction
Climatereintroduced a group of critically endangered black rhinos to Matusadona National Park after the species had been absent from the park for more than a decade
African Parks launched a 30-month programme to strengthen biodiversity conservation, protected-area management, infrastructure, environmental planning and community resilience in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on 2026-05-12. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Kgalagadi conservation project
Climatelaunched a 30-month programme to strengthen biodiversity conservation, protected-area management, infrastructure, environmental planning and community resilience in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
African Parks translocated 20 African wild dogs to Matusadona National Park, restoring a species that had been locally extinct there for decades on 2026-04-24. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Matusadona wild dog reintroduction
Climatetranslocated 20 African wild dogs to Matusadona National Park, restoring a species that had been locally extinct there for decades
African Parks translocated 24 southern white rhinos to Garamba National Park to strengthen the breeding population established there in 2023 on 2025-12-10. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Garamba rhino restoration
Climatetranslocated 24 southern white rhinos to Garamba National Park to strengthen the breeding population established there in 2023
African Parks translocated 160 southern white rhinos into Greater Kruger partner reserves under veterinary supervision and dehorned the animals to reduce poaching risk on 2025-11-28. Cause: Animals.
African Parks→ Greater Kruger rhino rewilding
Animalstranslocated 160 southern white rhinos into Greater Kruger partner reserves under veterinary supervision and dehorned the animals to reduce poaching risk
African Parks entered a long-term management partnership to restore and manage Kundelungu National Park and strengthen protection of its wildlife and ecosystems on 2025-10-03. Cause: Animals.
African Parks→ Kundelungu restoration
Animalsentered a long-term management partnership to restore and manage Kundelungu National Park and strengthen protection of its wildlife and ecosystems
African Parks translocated 70 southern white rhinos to Akagera National Park in two phases, strengthening the park's population and creating another secure breeding population on 2025-06-10. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Akagera rhino rewilding
Climatetranslocated 70 southern white rhinos to Akagera National Park in two phases, strengthening the park's population and creating another secure breeding population
African Parks began a long-term management partnership for Gambella National Park to strengthen protection, biodiversity conservation and community benefits across the Ethiopian landscape on 2024-12-11. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Gambella conservation management
Climatebegan a long-term management partnership for Gambella National Park to strengthen protection, biodiversity conservation and community benefits across the Ethiopian landscape
African Parks delivered daily meals to more than 5,000 children through drought-relief programmes around African Parks-managed landscapes on 2024-12-01. Cause: Relief.
African Parks→ Drought relief
Reliefdelivered daily meals to more than 5,000 children through drought-relief programmes around African Parks-managed landscapes
African Parks operated socio-economic programmes that benefited approximately 27,000 community members and generated more than $4.9 million in income through park-supported enterprises on 2024-12-01. Cause: Welfare.
African Parks→ Community livelihoods
Welfareoperated socio-economic programmes that benefited approximately 27,000 community members and generated more than $4.9 million in income through park-supported enterprises
African Parks provided 2,057 scholarships and vocational-training opportunities and supported 257 schools, including 15 schools constructed during the year on 2024-12-01. Cause: Education.
African Parks→ Vocational training and scholarships
Educationprovided 2,057 scholarships and vocational-training opportunities and supported 257 schools, including 15 schools constructed during the year
African Parks reached more than 25,000 children and 9,000 adults through park visits and environmental education and engaged 18,000 children through wildlife clubs on 2024-12-01. Cause: Animals.
African Parks→ Environmental education
Animalsreached more than 25,000 children and 9,000 adults through park visits and environmental education and engaged 18,000 children through wildlife clubs
African Parks launched a molecular ecological network assessment across five parks, training more than 160 people and collecting more than 7,166 environmental DNA samples to map species and ecosystem health on 2024-12-01. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ eDNA biodiversity monitoring
Climatelaunched a molecular ecological network assessment across five parks, training more than 160 people and collecting more than 7,166 environmental DNA samples to map species and ecosystem health
African Parks translocated southern white rhinos to Dinokeng Game Reserve as the third African Parks Rhino Rewild operation of 2024 on 2024-11-06. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Dinokeng rhino rewilding
Climatetranslocated southern white rhinos to Dinokeng Game Reserve as the third African Parks Rhino Rewild operation of 2024
African Parks conducted the first comprehensive aerial survey of the Boma-Badingilo landscape, documenting approximately six million migratory antelope and establishing the scale of the world's largest land-mammal migration on 2024-06-25. Cause: Climate.
African Parks→ Great Nile aerial survey
Climateconducted the first comprehensive aerial survey of the Boma-Badingilo landscape, documenting approximately six million migratory antelope and establishing the scale of the world's largest land-mammal migration

Board

Vasant (Vas) Narasimhan
Chairperson

Chief Executive Officer of Novartis, who has served on the board since 2019 and became Chairperson in December 2022.

H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn
Board Member

Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia and former Chairperson of the African Union.

Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
Board Member

British royal and conservation advocate whose association with the organisation dates back to a 2016 elephant translocation project in Malawi.

Valentine Chitalu
Board Member

UK-qualified accountant and entrepreneur specialising in private equity, who chairs Zambian Breweries and the Phatisa Group.

Tebogo Skwambane
Board Member

Country Manager for South Africa at WPP and Chief Strategy Officer at Smollan, with more than 20 years of strategy consulting experience.

Ted Woods
Board Member

Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst who was formerly Chief Executive of Deutsche Bank's businesses in South Africa.

Hansjörg Wyss
Honorary Chairman of the Board

Swiss billionaire philanthropist and founder of the Wyss Campaign for Nature, who joined the board in 2017.

Peter Fearnhead
Chief Executive Officer

Founding CEO who has led the organisation's protected area management model since its establishment in 2000.