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For Dogs…By Dogs is the motto of Gerhardt Thiart who ran the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race in support of Tusk’s Wildlife Ranger Challenge. We are pleased to announce that Gerhardt successfully completed the race on 17th March 2023.

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2023, we're taking a look at some inspirational women, including past winners and finalists from our Tusk Conservation Awards. Since 2013, the Tusk awards have been a catalyst for promoting conservation work across Africa and within that the wonderful women making stand-out contributions for conservation.

The Pan African Conservation Education (PACE) Project is Tusk’s education programme which was launched in 2006, in partnership with Siren Conservation Education. PACE supports conservation and sustainability education, providing ideas, information and training for teachers and learners across Africa.

A number of recent reports across Africa have shone a spotlight on the state of rhino poaching on the continent. With varying trends across several African countries, how concerned should we be?

Nominations are open for the 2023 Tusk Conservation Awards. Now in its 11th year we are looking to celebrate our next round of extraordinary conservation leaders and wildlife rangers paving the future of African conservation.

After just over five weeks at sea, a team of three brothers have completed their challenge of a lifetime, having rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, raising funds for Tusk along the way.

Today the team of three brothers launch their epic bid to row the Atlantic Ocean in aid of Tusk.

Our thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of Private Okawa Charles from the Ugandan Wildlife Authority, who has been killed by armed poachers.

With two major global biodiversity conferences upon us, conservation takes another turn in the news agenda.

Achilles has been a passionate voice for birds and wetlands in Uganda for 27 years. Achilles was instrumental in the identification of Important Bird Areas (IBAs), enabling the designation of 12 Ramsar sites across Uganda. Uganda’s wetlands are no longer wastelands but productive ecosystems for conservation, climate change mitigation and supporting local livelihoods.

Charlie Mayhew (Tusk CEO) and Hendrik du Toit (Founder and CEO of Ninety One) comment on Ninety One’s announcement that they will be launching a charitable share class which will make annual donations to Tusk to help the ranger community and to support rangers’ conservation efforts.