African Wildlife & Environment Issue 84 2023

FWF NEWSLETTER 5 (2023)

FORD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION Newsletter 5 (2023)

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.

Sea Search Research and Conservation 9. Leopard Research Project - Cape Leopard Trust 10. Cheetah Metapopulation Project - Endangered Wildlife Trust 11. Black Rhino Range Expansion Project - World Wildlife Fund (WWF-SA) 12. Coral Reef Programme - Oceanographic Research Institute 13. SA Cranes,Wetlands and Communities Project - Endangered Wildlife Trust 14. Threatened species projects, Landscape Conservation Programme – BirdLife SA 15. Ecology and conservation of vultures in southern Africa and impacts of changing land use - UKZN School of Life Sciences 16. Wildlife & Transport Project - Endangered Wildlife Trust 17. Behaviour and ecology of hippos and their ecological role in aquatic and terrestrial systems - UKZN School of Life Sciences 18. International Schools Programme - WESSA – Gauteng 19. Seabird Rehabilitation Support Project - SANCCOB – PE 20. Tourism Blue Flag - WESSA 21. Spatial Planning and Data Project – BirdLife SA 22. Somkhanda Wildlife ACT Emergency Response - Wildlife ACT Fund Trust 23. The People in Conservation Programme – people thriving alongside wildlife - Endangered Wildlife Trust 24. Drylands Conservation Programme - Endangered Wildlife Trust 25. Tourism Green Coast - WESSA 26. Cape Critical Rivers programme – Freshwater Research Centre 27. Mozambique Wildlife Alliance - Wildlife Veterinary and Human Wildlife Conflict mitigation interventions in Mozambique 28. Freshwater Eel Research – University of Mpumalanga 29. Whitebacked Vulture Project – Vulpro 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 - SEPTEMBER 2023 1. Threatened Amphibian Programme - Endangered Wildlife Trust 2. Capacity Development of LWS Community Outreach Programmes in Limpopo Province - Lapalala Wilderness School 3. Mabula Ground Hornbill Project - MGHP 4. Critically Endangered Renosterveld Conservation Easement Programme - Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust 5. Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds - SANCCOB 6. Carnivore Conservation Programme - Endangered Wildlife Trust 7. Establishment of a National Grassland Park in the Eastern Cape - World Wildlife Fund (WWF - SA) 8. Sea Search Research and Conservation Project -

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