Project
Strengthening the Somkhanda Black Rhino Reserve
Initiative
Duration
2020 - 2021
Location
South Africa
Species protected
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.