For wild landscapes to function and thrive, we need to ensure that people benefit from their existence.

This is why our long-term goal is to realise the ecological, socio-political and economic value of these landscapes.

By effectively managing these parks, we are preserving ecological functions, delivering clean air, healthy watersheds, carbon sequestration, food security, and better health for millions of people. Our model of delivering security not only allows wildlife to thrive but it is the primary foundation for addressing poverty alleviation, creating access to healthcare, education and other social benefits. And, our investments and actions help support national economies through jobs, income generation, tourism returns, taxes, and other means which create a conservation-led economy and builds a support-base for conservation.

As much as people need to benefit from these areas being conserved, these benefits do not just happen. They are strategically planned for and are the result of deliberate interventions which we have resourced and actioned.

But our advancements are only possible because of our partnerships with national governments who entrust us with managing their natural heritage. And this is only realized through the generous funding support we receive from people like you who rightfully expect results from your investments, which are executed with diligence and commitment by our teams in the field. These achievements we’ve been able to make, which are fleshed out in more detail in the report, are your achievements.

From everyone at African Parks we are grateful for your continued commitment to our mission, for remaining steadfast, and staying the course with us to change the trajectory for countless of people who rely on us as a stabilising force, and for paving a better way of life for humans and wildlife alike.

Our Portfolio

At the close of 2018, African Parks had 15 parks under management in nine countires, covering 10.5 million hectatres (40,540 square miles) and representing seven of the 11 ecological biomes in Africa. This is the largest and most ecologically diverse amount of land under protection for any one NGO on the continent.