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Accelerating the impact of African-driven conservation. Projects supported by the charity directly employ 1,370 people and benefit over half a million others.

PROTECTING WILDLIFE

Through the support of Tusk and its partner organisations across Africa, greater protection has been afforded to some 36 endangered species over a combined land mass equivalent to 10 times the size of Belgium. Some of the threatened species that have benefited include the African elephant, black and white rhino, cheetah, chimpanzee, mountain and lowland gorilla, African wild dog, Grevy’s zebra, giant sable and hawksbill turtle. In keeping with Tusk’s overall philosophy these projects are often not solely focused on wildlife, instead they take an integrated approach to conservation working hand in hand with local communities and combining the protection of wildlife with the management and sustainable use of natural resources. SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES

Tusk’s approach to conservation recognises that the long term future for wildlife and Africa’s other natural resources is dependant on sustainable rural development. In conjunction with its partners in the field, Tusk has been at the forefront of establishing and promoting community-led initiatives which link the implementation of greater security, healthcare and employment through responsible tourism and other nature-based enterprises with conservation. One such programme supported by Tusk has already seen over two million acres of community land come under a common conservation policy with an initiative which is mutually benefiting 75,000 people of diverse ethnicity and affording greater protection for a significant wildlife population. The aim is to reduce human wildlife conflict and to allow people to view their natural heritage as a real asset. PROMOTING EDUCATION

Tusk believes that if conservation is to succeed and environmental degradation to be reversed, education needs to be promoted at an early age. Tusk’s Pan African Conservation Education (PACE) Project has been designed to help address this need by communicating ideas on environmental issues, whether in the form of practical advice or demonstrating proven solutions between communities across Africa. The highly acclaimed set of teaching materials and films has been designed to act as both an environmental education tool and a stimulus to adopt sound and sustainable policies. To date, over 150,000 children and students across the continent have been exposed to Tusk’sPACE programme. Furthermore Tusk provides much needed financial support to help build and improve facilities for rural schools, and other education centres across Africa. Over 72,000 students attend schools and education centres supported by Tusk.

02/11/2026

With El Niño on the way and sea temperatures set to rise, the team at Wild Impact’s marine programme, Oceans Without Borders, is preparing its coral nurseries off Mnemba Island in Zanzibar. Warmer water puts corals under stress, and those in the shallows take the worst of it.

To get ahead of that, the team is moving half of the shallow-nursery corals down to the deep-water site, where the water stays cooler.

The deep-water nursery itself is overflowing with beautiful corals. The colonies there have grown heavy enough that the team is moving them onto sturdier structures to hold the weight.

📷 Oceans Without Borders

30/10/2026

Today is World Lemur Day, and who better to mark it with than actor, comedian, and Tusk ambassador, John Cleese.

John has had a soft spot for lemurs for many years, having filmed a documentary on them in the wild. His love of lemurs goes so far that a species has been named after him: the Bemaraha woolly lemur (Avahi Cleesei)

Beyond his long-standing fondness for these extraordinary animals, John has also highlighted the serious side of their story too. Found only in Madagascar, almost all lemurs are threatened or critically endangered, largely because of habitat loss and hunting. Tusk partners with IMPACT Madagascar, which protects some of the remaining forest habitats these species depend on and works to support the local communities that coexist with lemurs.

Alongside John, we’re marking with a thank you to the people working to keep these creatures in the wild.

27/10/2026

We know, we know… Christmas already?! But if you’re keen to get ahead of the Christmas chaos (and avoid the last-minute panic), we’ve got some gift ideas to help you tick off your list. Even better, every gift helps support Tusk’s vital conservation work.

Our own Tusk Shop carries clothing, cards and gifts, including the Love Wildlife Christmas Collection. Alongside it, a list of our partners offer extra ideas and donate a share of their sales to Tusk: silver animals from Patrick Mavros, luxury gifts from Inkerman, wh**ky from Uhuru, coffee from Gorilla Conservation Coffee, and plenty more.

If a gift in someone’s name feels more fitting, our donation gifting lets you fund something specific for a Tusk project partner:

• £30 will provide a ranger with a pair of trekking boots
• £50 provides five school desks
• £135 buys a GPS-enabled camera for a Tusk supported project
• £500 will support a four-person anti-poaching team in the field for a month

Browse the store: tusk.org/support-us/tusk-shop

26/10/2026

Rachel Ikemeh founded the South-West/Niger Delta Forest Project in 2012 and was a Tusk Award finalist in 2021. Her team works in Nigeria’s south west, a landscape that holds Africa’s second-largest swamp forest and the world’s third-largest contiguous mangrove system.

The project has brought the critically endangered Niger Delta red colobus monkey back from the brink of local extinction, and captured the first ever footage of a chimpanzee in Ise Forest, where a single remaining population survives, isolated for so long it is now genetically distinct from any other chimpanzee subspecies on Earth. Eighteen threatened species have benefited from the project’s work, more than 14,000 acres across four protected areas are now under increased protection, and 186 local jobs have been created.

“Tusk understands that the backbone of conservation is the people protecting it. In conservation, consistency is everything.”

Read the full interview in Tusk Talk 2026 (pg 45).https://tusk.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Tusk-Talk-2026-LR.pdf

24/10/2026

Almost every country in the world has committed to conserving 30% of the planet’s land and waters by 2030. The partners we fund across Africa are doing the work on the ground that this target depends on.

They protect habitat that would otherwise be converted, cleared or drained. They support the rangers, community scouts and conservancy staff who keep these landscapes intact. They work with the communities who live in and around them, on everything from livelihoods and education to the day-to-day realities of sharing land with wildlife.

Habitat loss and land-use change are the biggest threats their project areas face over the next decade. As we mark today’s International Day for Climate Action, it’s worth remembering that this work is a direct contribution to keeping the world’s remaining habitat standing.

A 2021 study found that just 3 per cent of the world’s land ecosystems remain ecologically intact. Our thanks to the partners keeping what is left standing.

Photos: Charlie Mayhew
Project: CLZ-Conservation Lower Zambezi

23/10/2026

The exchanges between Tusk partners at our biennial symposium can be incredibly powerful. Within this, we help fund collaboration exchanges so partners can learn directly from each other’s work. Through this Collaboration Fund, more than 35 of these journeys have been supported so far, several growing into long-term partnerships.

One recent example: in January, Lilongwe Wildlife Trust in Malawi travelled to the Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association - RWCA to learn environmental DNA sampling, a technique that detects species from soil or pollen rather than from the animals themselves. The two teams first met at our 2024 Symposium, recognised how much their work overlapped, and have been sharing expertise since. What they learned will support a pollinating bat study in Rwanda and a pangolin population assessment in Malawi.

Read the full story in Tusk Talk 2026 (pg 17).

https://tusk.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Tusk-Talk-2026-LR.pdf

22/10/2026

Have you heard about Tusk’s Patrons’ Circle? It’s a group of supporters whose annual giving lets us, and our project partners, plan beyond the current year and commit to work that takes time to deliver.

Members give £1,000 or $1,500 a year or more, and are invited to events through the year, both online and in person, where they can hear from our project partners directly.

Full details, including how to join, are on our site: https://tusk.org/support-us/join-tusks-patrons-circle/

For a direct conversation, reach out to Susie Coreth, our Philanthropy Officer, at [email protected].

21/10/2026

Although they tend to be overlooked in favour of elephants, rhinos and giraffes, did you know that some Tusk partners protect animals you may not have heard of? Give our newest Substack blog a read to hear about the mighty dugong, and why it needs protection.

https://tusktrust.substack.com/p/the-unknown-species-spotlight-dugong

19/10/2026

SAVE THE DATE! The Lewa Safari Marathon returns on Saturday, 15 May 2027.

Organised by Tusk and the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya, runners can take part in a full marathon, half-marathon, a 10km or a 5km children's race, against the backdrop of a wildlife conservancy that is home to the Big Five. Since 2000, the race has raised more than $10 million for conservation and community work across Kenya.

Kenya and East Africa residents can register from early next year.

18/10/2026

Today is World Okapi Day, and this year’s theme, 'Protect Okapi, Protect Forests, Protect Our Future', is being marked by our partners at the Okapi Conservation Project (OCP) who are under real strain.

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the last strongholds of the okapi, the only other living member of the giraffe family. OCP works in and around the Reserve, supporting rangers, running an agroforestry programme with local farmers, and funding schools, clinics and clean water for the communities who live alongside the forest.

The security situation in the region has sadly deteriorated, and armed fighters from rebel groups operating in eastern DRC have been entering the Reserve. That puts rangers, local communities and the okapi themselves at direct risk, and OCP’s Director of Conservation, Berce Disiki Nsafuansa, is calling on partners to help strengthen security inside the Reserve as a matter of urgency. As he reminds us, nature conservation cannot be sustainable without security, and protecting biodiversity also means protecting the people who guard it and the communities living alongside it.

Alongside this, OCP’s teams are also continuing Ebola prevention work on the ground after outbreaks in the area.

You can read more about OCP’s work, and find a direct route to support them, on their project page on our site. To donate directly to OCP through Tusk, email Beth at [email protected].

Our thanks today to Berce and his colleagues, to the ICCN rangers, and to the communities around the Reserve.

https://tusk.org/projects/okapi-conservation-project/

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