Causes: Animals, Environment, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection, Protection of Endangered Species, Wildlife Preservation & Protection
Mission: Our Mission: On the ground in East Africa, partnering with communities for the benefit of all. Big Life uses innovative conservation strategies and collaborating closely with local communities, partner NGOs, national parks and government agencies, Big Life Foundation seeks to protect and sustain East Africa’s wild lands and wildlife, including one of the greatest populations of elephants left in East Africa. The first organization in East Africa with coordinated anti-poaching teams operating on both sides of the Kenya-Tanzania border, Big Life recognizes that sustainable conservation can only be achieved through a community-based collaborative approach, which is at the heart of Big Life’s philosophy :Conservation supports the people and people support conservation. Big Life’s vision is to establish a successful holistic conservation model in the Amboseli-Tsavo-Kilimanjaro ecosystem that can be replicated across the African continent.
Results: Approximately 450 field staff, including 342 trained rangers, are spread across 32 permanent outposts, 10 mobile units (including a RapidDeployment Unit) and observation posts covering roughly 1.6M acres of wilderness. Big Life also employs aerial surveillance and uses tracker dogs to patrol within our area of operation. Since 2011, Big Life rangers have patrolled nearly 4M km of wilderness, making over 3,800 arrests and confiscating over 4,900 poaching tools. In 2021, Big Life rangers patrolled over 684,000 km by vehicle, over 36,000km by plane, and nearly 128,000 km on foot. As a result, they dealt with a number of crimes ranging from poaching to habitat destruction to community crimes. In total, there were 393 people arrested in 199 incidents. Nearly 600 poaching or habitat destruction tools were impounded, including 174 snares, 28 machetes, etc. In addition to the tools, 365 kg of ivory, 20 animals skins, and 52 kg of marijuana were also confiscated.
Target demographics: To protect and sustain East Africa’s wild lands and wildlife, including one of the greatest populations of elephants left in the region.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Endangered East African wildlife including elephants and rhinos. Local East African indigenous communities.
Geographic areas served: East Africa (Kenya & Tanzania)
Programs: Anti-Poaching Rangers, Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation, Rhino Project, Predator Compensation Fund, Tracker Dogs, Community Employment, Education and Scholarships, Conservation Through Sports (Maasai Olympics)
Mission: Our Mission: On the ground in East Africa, partnering with communities for the benefit of all. Big Life uses innovative conservation strategies and collaborating closely with local communities, partner NGOs, national parks and government agencies, Big Life Foundation seeks to protect and sustain East Africa’s wild lands and wildlife, including one of the greatest populations of elephants left in East Africa. The first organization in East Africa with coordinated anti-poaching teams operating on both sides of the Kenya-Tanzania border, Big Life recognizes that sustainable conservation can only be achieved through a community-based collaborative approach, which is at the heart of Big Life’s philosophy :Conservation supports the people and people support conservation. Big Life’s vision is to establish a successful holistic conservation model in the Amboseli-Tsavo-Kilimanjaro ecosystem that can be replicated across the African continent.
Results: Approximately 450 field staff, including 342 trained rangers, are spread across 32 permanent outposts, 10 mobile units (including a RapidDeployment Unit) and observation posts covering roughly 1.6M acres of wilderness. Big Life also employs aerial surveillance and uses tracker dogs to patrol within our area of operation. Since 2011, Big Life rangers have patrolled nearly 4M km of wilderness, making over 3,800 arrests and confiscating over 4,900 poaching tools. In 2021, Big Life rangers patrolled over 684,000 km by vehicle, over 36,000km by plane, and nearly 128,000 km on foot. As a result, they dealt with a number of crimes ranging from poaching to habitat destruction to community crimes. In total, there were 393 people arrested in 199 incidents. Nearly 600 poaching or habitat destruction tools were impounded, including 174 snares, 28 machetes, etc. In addition to the tools, 365 kg of ivory, 20 animals skins, and 52 kg of marijuana were also confiscated.
Target demographics: To protect and sustain East Africa’s wild lands and wildlife, including one of the greatest populations of elephants left in the region.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Endangered East African wildlife including elephants and rhinos. Local East African indigenous communities.
Geographic areas served: East Africa (Kenya & Tanzania)
Programs: Anti-Poaching Rangers, Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation, Rhino Project, Predator Compensation Fund, Tracker Dogs, Community Employment, Education and Scholarships, Conservation Through Sports (Maasai Olympics)
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