Tusk Supported Projects

Established in 2003, the Mali Elephant Project (MEP) protects a unique population of 550 sub-desert elephants.

Mkomazi, on Tanzania’s northern border and contiguous with Kenya’s Tsavo National Park, was established as a game reserve in 1951.

The Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) was established in 2004 to develop community wildlife conservancies in northern Kenya.

The endangered okapi is the only other living member of the giraffe family, and survives only in the forests of war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

The endangered African wild dog, or painted dog, has suffered a sharp population decline from over 300,000 in the early 20th century to around 6,500 today.

PACE supports conservation and sustainability education, providing ideas, information and training for teachers and learners across Africa.

Rainforest Rescue are connecting local communities with the conservation of their environment through sustainable eco-tourism, to protect important forest and endemic species.

Established in 2016 in the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya, the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary is the only community-owned elephant orphanage in Africa.

Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association's (RWCA) primary focus is on the endangered grey crowned crane, which is threatened across its range by habitat loss and poaching.

Northeast Namibia is home to the largest free-ranging black rhino population in the world.

The Waterberg area of Limpopo province holds over 2,000 rhinos - the third largest population in South Africa.

In 2001 local Samburu communities formed the Sera Wildlife Conservancy (SWC) with the aim of bringing together three historically rival ethnic groups to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in their traditional lands.