African Wildlife & Environment Issue 80

FWF NEWSLETTER 1 (2021)

FORDWILDLIFE FOUNDATION Newsletter 1 (2021)

The conservation and preservation of the environment has become a major worldwide issue, dramatically changing the attitudes of consumers and the way large corporations do business. Against this background the Ford Wildlife Foundation (FWF) was announced in September 2014, funded by the Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa and supported by its nationwide network of Ford Dealers. The FWF supports environmental education, research and conservation projects in mainly Southern Africa. The Ford Ranger is used to enable the projects to go further and make a real impact in the communities in which they operate. For further information on the FWF, please email wildlife@ford.com.

9. Sea Search Research and Conservation Project - Sea Search Research and Conservation 10. Leopard Research Project - Cape Leopard Trust 11. Saving the Survivors - Dr Johan Marais - Saving the Survivors Foundation 12. Cheetah Metapopulation Project - Endangered Wildlife Trust 13. Black Rhino Range Expansion Project -World Wildlife Fund (WWF-SA) 14. Coral Reef Programme - Oceanographic Research Institute 15. SA Cranes,Wetlands and Communities Project - EndangeredWildlife Trust 16. Threatened species projects, Landscape Conservation Programme – BirdLife SA 17. Ecology and conservation of vultures in southern Africa and impacts of changing land use - UKZN School of Life Sciences 18. Wildlife &Transport Project - Endangered Wildlife Trust 19. Behaviour and ecology of hippos and their ecological role in aquatic and terrestrial systems - UKZN School of Life Sciences 20. International Schools Programme -WESSA – Gauteng 21. Seabird Rehabilitation Support Project - SANCCOB – PE 22. Tourism Blue Flag -WESSA 23. Spatial Planning and Data Project – BirdLife SA 24. SomkhandaWildlife ACT Emergency Response - Wildlife ACT Fund Trust 25. The People in Conservation Programme – people thriving alongside wildlife - Endangered Wildlife Trust 26. Drylands Conservation Programme - EndangeredWildlife Trust 27. Tourism Green Coast -WESSA 28. Cape Critical Rivers programme – Freshwater Research Centre SHORT-TERM LOAN VEHICLE Southern Mozambique Sea Turtle Research Project (Supported annually for six weeks with a loan Ford Ranger) - Pierre Lombard

LIST OF PROJECTS - NOVEMBER 2021

1. Threatened Amphibian Programme - Endangered Wildlife Trust 2. Capacity Development of LWS Community Outreach Programmes in Limpopo Province - LapalalaWilderness School 3. Creating Hope from Hurt - Saving the Survivors 4. Mabula Ground Hornbill Project - MGHP 5. Critically Endangered Renosterveld Conservation Easement Programme - Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust 6. Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds - SANCCOB 7. Carnivore Conservation Programme - EndangeredWildlife Trust 8. Establishment of a National Grassland Park in the Eastern Cape -WorldWildlife Fund (WWF - SA)

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