Tusk Supported Projects

In 2001 local Samburu communities formed the Sera Wildlife Conservancy (SWC) with the aim of bringing together three historically rival ethnic groups to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in their traditional lands.

The Bateleurs is a unique non-profit organisation of volunteer pilot members who give their aviation skills, the use of their privately-owned aircraft, and their time for free in support of conservation and the environment in Africa.

The Maa Trust works alongside community-owned wildlife conservancies to promote conservation through sustainable development.

The Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, a former cattle ranch restored as a wildlife area since the 1980s, is managed by the Malilangwe Trust for biodiversity conservation, community development and sustainable ecotourism.

Mount Kenya is the second tallest mountain in Africa, with the largest single forest area in the country holding important species like elephant, black rhino, leopard and mountain bongo

Mount Marsabit, in northern Kenya, is an important regional watershed and provides critical habitat for wildlife including elephant, rhino, lion and Grevy’s zebra.

The Savé Valley Conservancy (SVC) consists of private, Government, and community-owned properties working together to manage animal populations on a landscape scale.

The Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) was established in 1996 to give natural resource managers, at all levels, the motivation and skills they need to become partners in saving the continent's natural heritage.

The Tsavo Conservation Area (TCA) includes nearly half of Kenya’s total protected area.

The Uganda Conservation Foundation (UCF) was founded in 2001 to support the work of the national conservation agency, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA).

The Yankari Game Reserve is home to Nigeria’s largest surviving elephant population, estimated at 350 individuals.