White Rhino
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Project

Strengthening the Somkhanda Black Rhino Reserve

Duration
2020 - 2021
Location
South Africa
Species protected
Black Rhino Diceros bicornis
African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus
White Rhino Ceratotherium simum

Project objectives

  • Minimize the exposure risk of many threatened species caused by the COVID-19 pandemic;
  • Enable the Reserve’s Anti-Poaching Unit to take immediate and proactive action by providing them with cutting edge tracking technology;

Threats

Poaching

  • Improve the reserve’s data-processing system.

This project is implemented by Wildlands Conservation Trust.

This project is part of the IUCN Save Our Species African Wildlife initiative, which is co-funded by the European Union.