Alle items met de tag African Parks Foundation
10 augustus 2017 door Redactie DDB

Remembering Lady Liuwa: the ‘Last Lioness’ of Liuwa Plain

It has been confirmed by African Parks that a legendary lioness fondly known as ‘Lady Liuwa’, who lived in Liuwa Plain National Park in Zambia, has died of natural causes on August 9th, 2017, just one-day before World Lion Day. African Parks, a conservation NGO which manages national parks and protected areas across Africa, has been managing Liuwa Plain in partnership with the Zambia Department of...
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8 augustus 2017 door Redactie DDB

Arrests Made Following Rhino Poaching Incident in Liwonde National Park

African Parks regrets to announce that on the 13th of July 2017 an adult female black rhino was poached in Liwonde National Park. On discovering the carcass, a joint operation was immediately undertaken by African Parks, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife’s (DNPW) Wildlife Crime Investigations Unit and the Central Investigations Unit of the Malawi Police, with support from the Lilongwe...
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2 augustus 2017 door Redactie DDB

Largest Elephant Translocation in History Concludes in Malawi

African Parks completed one of the largest elephant translocations in history on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017. In total, 520 elephants were successfully moved from Liwonde National Park and Majete Wildlife Reserve in Malawi, and were released in Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve.
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27 juli 2017 door Redactie DDB

Darted, winched, crated and driven: The remarkable uplifting effort to help protect 500 African elephants

First, catch your elephant. As the starting point for a hugely ambitious conservation project, it sounds like the easy bit. The reality, as we discovered, is a little trickier. A lot trickier, in fact. We're in Malawi, with African Parks, a non-profit organisation that has taken a leading role in the country’s conservation efforts for the past 15 years. Now they are executing a new plan. It’s dece...
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26 juli 2017 door Redactie DDB

Paspoort African Parks Foundation: restaurateurs van Afrikaanse parken

In 2000 waren er maar heel weinig nationale parken in Afrika die goed werden beheerd. En de vooruitzichten waren dat het alleen maar erger zou worden door bevolkingsgroei en stroperij. De oprichters van African Parks wilden daar iets aan doen.
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2 februari 2006 door Redactie DDB

Filantroop Fentener van Vlissingen ernstig ziek

Ondernemer en filantroop Paul Fentener van Vlissingen maakte afgelopen week bekend dat hij lijdt aan pancreaskanker. Hij heeft vermoedelijk nog korte tijd te leven. Zijn taken als bestuursvoorzitter van de African Parcs Foundation worden overgedragen aan een viermanschap onder leiding van SHV-bestuursvoorzitter Piet Klaver.Het is de tweede keer dat Fentener van Vlissingen getroffen wordt door kank...
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