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Defender announces an extension to its enduring partnership with leading conservation charity Tusk.

HRH The Prince of Wales honours Africa’s unsung conservation leaders at the 12th annual Tusk Conservation Awards this evening, 27th November 2024, at The Savoy in London.

A visionary in wildlife conservation, Nomba Ganamé has dedicated his career to protecting Mali’s unique desert elephants, earning him the 2024 Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa.

Ahead of the prestigious Tusk Conservation Awards ceremony, which returns on 27th November 2024, Tusk is pleased to announce this year's winner for The Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa, sponsored by Defender – Edward Aruna. Edward is Founder and Managing Director of the Reptile and Amphibian Programme in Sierra Leone.

Ahead of the prestigious Tusk Conservation Awards, which returns for its 12th year on 27th November 2024, Tusk is pleased to announce this year's winner for the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award, sponsored by the Nick Maughan Family Foundation – Claver Ntoyinkima. 

We are proud to launch the 'Ranger Welfare and Standards Initiative', developed by Tusk in partnership with the Game Rangers Association of Africa (GRAA) with financial support of The Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales and backing from the International Ranger Federation (IRF).

We are delighted to share that the 12th annual Tusk Conservation Awards will be held on Wednesday 27th November 2024 to celebrate Africa's leading conservationists.

On Saturday 21st September 2024, over 150 African Wildlife Ranger teams took part in the Wildlife Ranger Challenge (WRC), a 21 km (half-marathon) race across protected areas in 18 African countries, to raise vital funds for and awareness of the Wildlife Ranger profession.

Tusk supports a number of initiatives focused on protecting elephant populations, including the work of Tsavo Trust in Tsavo Conservation Area, south-east Kenya. To celebrate World Elephant Day, we talked to Tusk's partners, Tsavo Trust, about their work across the Tsavo Conservation Area (TCA), 'Super Tuskers' and emerging tuskers.

On the 25th July, Generation Tusk hosted their inaugural Summer Party in London – and what a party it turned out to be!

To celebrate World Ranger Day, we are delighted to announce the fifth Wildlife Ranger Challenge (WRC), coordinated by Tusk and the Game Rangers Association of Africa, will take place on 21st September 2024.

CLAWS has seen a 62% increase in their known lion population over the past 18 months. Their work with communities has helped in reducing human-wildlife conflict and retaliatory lion killings.