SATIB Conservation Trust

Africa is a vast continent with 359 national parks declared for conservation in 53 countries. Within the 15 countries which make up the Southern Africa region, there are 152 national parks, which does not take into account the considerable wildlife protection areas that are designated as private game reserves, forest reserves, marine reserves, national reserves and natural parks. With all this space made available for nature conservation, you would think that wildlife is well protected and flourishing in Africa. Sadly, this is not the case. With a human population of over a billion people, many of whom live in poverty, the potential for human-wildlife conflict for arable space and livestock grazing coupled with the threat of wildlife poaching poses a great risk to the survival of wildlife in Africa.

It is against these odds and with regard to these areas of conflict that the SATIB Conservation Trust seeks to find solutions and fund approved wildlife research projects, anti-poaching programmes and community education initiatives that deliver tangible and sustainable results to reduce conflict between the human and animal inhabitants of Africa, ultimately ensuring the conservation of the continent’s wildlife.