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The Conserve landscapes are made up of those that typically go unnoticed, underfunded, and overlooked, areas beyond Africa’s national parks. These wildscapes are vital links in the continent’s conservation network, home to rich biodiversity and to people.
Across sub-Saharan Africa, national parks span over 850,000 km². Yet beyond these formal boundaries lies another 1.7 million km² of conservancies and concessions, vast, inhabited landscapes that hold the potential to connect ecosystems, safeguard biodiversity, and improve livelihoods. Around 60% of sub-Saharan Africans live in rural areas, and most depend entirely on the land for food, water, and fuel. As pressures on these wild and working landscapes grow, so too does the opportunity and the responsibility to protect them.
We look for projects embedded in connected conservation landscapes with intact landscape integrity and low human density so that the ratio of natural capital to human density is sufficiently high so as to restore ecosystem health and develop nature-based economies. Presently, Conserve has five active projects, with a sixth about to become operational.
3,458 km² in the north-western corner of Niassa Special Reserve awarded in February 2024 by the National Administration for Conservation Areas (ANAC).
Engaged in February 2024 by the Wild Bird Trust (Fundação Lisima). A landscape of 155,000 km² that falls within the Angolan Highlands Water Tower.
A joint venture with Natural State and Catalyse Limited, which will provide a range of services to protected areas on the Laikipia Plateau.
We’re working towards a future where conservation is both the land use of choice and a force for equity, resilience, and hope.
Conserve Global is a registered charity in England and Wales no 1195017 | registered company no 12705139 | 101 New Cavendish Street, 1st Floor South, London, W1W 6XH, United Kingdom