GCF

The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) is the only NGO in the world that concentrates solely on the conservation and management of giraffe in the wild throughout Africa.

Current concerns

• • • Support the conservation of viable and existing habitats for giraffe.
    • Identify key threats to giraffe in Africa and develop innovative ways to mitigate these.
    • Raise awareness of and promote the value of giraffe conservation in African Range States as well as internationally.
    • Plan, develop, implement and administer projects and programmes in co-operation with local communities and partner institutions.
    • Collaborate with local, national and international partners on giraffe conservation efforts in the interests of giraffe conservation in African Range States.
    • Raise funds for giraffe conservation and management across Africa.
    • Maintain a close working relationship with the IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group (GOSG) to provide comprehensive awareness and technical support.

Upcoming objectives

• • • Increase our conservation team to support current activities throughout all areas of Africa.
    • In partnership with the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), undertake Operation Twiga II to help translocate more threatened Nubian giraffe across the Nile River to the south side of Murchison Falls National Park.
    • Support UWA in developing their first-ever National Strategy for Giraffe Conservation in Uganda.
    • Develop Giraffe Species Working Groups and Action Plans in Kenya, in support of the National Giraffe Conservation Strategy.
    • Increase conservation support for the Endangered West African giraffe in Niger.
    • For World Giraffe Day: raise awareness and support for Masai giraffe in Kenya and Tanzania.
    • Advance Reticulated giraffe conservation and monitoring across northern Kenya and Ethiopia, in collaboration with local and international stakeholders and partners.
    • Continue long-term giraffe conservation research in north-western Namibia, in close partnership with community conservancies.
    • Enable local and international partners to integrate giraffe conservation in their broader conservation goals.
    • Raise awareness for giraffe conservation at presentations and events internationally, including Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa, East Africa, Europe and USA.