Rhino Wars: Boost for protection in Kruger
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation has donated US$23.7 million to fund efforts to combat rhino poaching in South Africa’s Kruger National Park and trial anti-poaching tactics that can be applied in other regions of Africa.
The funds will support an initiative in Kruger that will create an Intensive Protection Zone (IPZ) using sophisticated detection and tracking equipment and infrastructure on the ground and in the air, combined with elite canine units and highly trained ranger teams.
Kruger’s poaching problem is fuelled mainly by illicit criminal networks in Mozambique, South Africa, and East Asia, but evidence suggests that armed groups elsewhere in Africa derive significant funding from poaching activities.
The foundation’s partners in the initiative are the Nature Conservation Trust and South African National Parks (SANParks).
Kruger is home to more than 40% of the world’s remaining 22,000 rhinos and the largest single population of rhinos in the world.
Since January 2010, 1,383 rhinos have been poached from the park. Some 172 have been poached since the beginning of 2014.
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation works to improve the quality of life for the world’s most impoverished and marginalized populations. It focuses on three core areas: food security, water security, and conflict mitigation.
To learn more about the Foundation visit www.thehowardgbuffettfoundation.org.
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