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DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC

OF THE CONGO

CENTRAL

AFRICAN

REPUBLIC

Congo

Bangui

Maputo

Lusaka

Kinshasa

Brazzaville

N’Djamena

Kigali

Cotonou

Porto-Novo

Lilongwe

AKAGERA N.P.

BANGWEULU

WETLANDS

CHINKO

BAZARUTO

ARCHIPELAGO

NATIONAL PARK

GARAMBA

NATIONAL

PARK

LIUWA PLAIN

NATIONAL

PARK MAJETE

WILDLIFE

RESERVE

LIWONDE N.P.

NKHOTAKOTA

WILDLIFE RESERVE

ODZALA-KOKOUA

NATIONAL PARK

PENDJARI

NATIONAL PARK

ZAKOUMA

N.P.

MANGOCHI

FOREST RESERVE

ENNEDI NATURAL &

CULTURAL RESERVE

SINIAKA MINIA

FAUNAL RESERVE

SOUTH

SUDAN

NIGERIA

NIGER

BURKINA
FASO

SUDAN

DARFUR

UGANDA

MOZAMBIQUE

ZAMBIA

DEMOCRATICDEMOCRATIC

REPUBLICREPREPUBLICUBLIC

OOF THEOF THEF THE CONGCONGOO

CENTRALCENTRAL

AFRICANAAFRICANFRICAN

REPUBLICREPREPUBLICUBLIC

CHAD

CONGO

BENIN

MALAWI

RWANDA

AFRI CA

SAHARA

Protected area managed by

African Parks NGO

Reported armed

conflict incidents

(2003–2018)

MEASURES

OF SUCCESS

23

Rhinos introduced

to Akagera since 2017,

five from European zoos

28

Elephants poached in

Zakouma (2010-2018) vs.

4,000 poached (2002-2010)

55

Critically endangered

Kordofan giraffes now

roam inGaramba,up

from 22 in 2 012

520

Elephants relocated from

MajeteandLiwondeto

repopulateNkhotakota

5, 017

Wire snares removed from

Liwonde in 2018, with

36 ,200 collected since 2015

7, 722

Square miles (twice the size

of Yellowstone) cleared

of threats such as armed

herders in Chinko

AFRICA

Founded in 2000,

AP currently manages

15 parks in nine countries,

totaling more than

40,000 square miles.

RYAN MORRIS, NGM STAFF

SOURCES: AFRICAN PARKS;

ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION &

EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED)

A NOVEL ALLIANCE

The conservation group African Parks (AP) has a new approach to

rescuing Africa’s wild spaces as armed conflict, poaching, and other

threats encroach. It agrees to provide all the resources to rehabilitate

a park, restore its wildlife, and support surrounding communities—

but the government, which remains the owner of the park, must give

the group complete control over park management.