ACTIF is involved in the following conservation projects in Africa.

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THE GIANT SABLE CAPTURE OPERATION

In 2022 and 2024, the Kissama Foundation implemented ‘The Giant Sable Capture Operation’ with funding from ACTIF, VIRIDIA, and ExxonMobil Foundation. The operation aimed to identify and assess the five known herds of sable in Luanda, Angola.

August 2022

July 2024

DEHORNING AND TRACKING IMPLEMENTATION: MALAWI

In 2023, Dr. Charlotte Moueix and her team carried out a vital conservation mission in Malawi’s Majete Wildlife Reserve, dehorning black rhinos to deter poaching and fitting them with GPS tracking devices to monitor their movements and enhance protection efforts.

OPERATION SAHEL GIRAFFE II: NIGER

Four West African giraffe, once on the brink of extinction, just completed a bold 800km journey to a new home in Niger’s Gadabedji Biosphere Reserve. This high-stakes mission is a major win for giraffe conservation in West Africa.

November 2023

DEHORNING AND EAR-NOTCHING BLACK AND WHITE RHINOS: MOKALA

In July 2022, ACTIF spearheaded a high-impact rhino dehorning and tagging mission in South Africa’s Mokala National Park.

JULY 2022

RHINO CENSUS AND DEHORNING: KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

In August 2022, SANParks and ACTIF joined forces to combine Kruger National Park’s annual rhino and elephant census with a high-impact dehorning operation.

LIMPOPO RHINO PROJECT

ACTIF funded a large project in the Limpopo Province of South Africa for the identification, marking, de-horning, and micro-chipping of all the black and white rhinos in the area. This important work protects the rhinos from poaching while aiding the rangers in their monitoring capabilities. Having received a letter of appreciation from the Provincial Government in Limpopo, we hope to continue our conservation efforts in the area.

October 2020

EXPERIENCED RANGER ON BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH AFRICA

ACTIF provides a yearly stipend for a full time ranger and any necessary equipment to care for and assure the survival and protection of penguins and seabirds, on Bird Island, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The ranger will be managed by SANCCOB in close collaboration with SANParks and will be protecting the endangered population of African penguins and Cape gannets.

2019-2025

ACTIF FUNDS AERIAL CENSUS OF ADDO ELEPHANT

Established in 1931 with the mission to save eleven Addo elephants from the brink of extinction, the Addo Elephant National Park (AENP) near Port Elizabeth, South Africa has become a wildlife sanctuary for this small and uniquely adapted elephant, as well as a host of other species.

In 2020, as part of a coordinated ecosystem conservation project, ACTIF funded the first complete aerial census of the Addo elephant population in the Main Camp and Colchester sections of AENP. This effort will help to preserve biodiversity and threatened natural landscapes.

Nov 11, 2020

RHINOS TRANSLOCATED TO RWANDA

ACTIF made a financial contribution toward the successful translocation of five endangered Eastern Black Rhinoceroses from Safari Park Dvůr Králové in the Czech Republic to the bomas in Akagera National Park in Rwanda. The release of these rhinos will expand the genetic diversity of a founder population introduced to the park in 2017.

Apr 20, 2019