Region: Africa
Our monthly summary of media stories highlighting the International Crane Foundation’s global programs.
Region: Africa
My role in the crane conservation project is that of a patron for the Buranga Primary School “Cranes in the Classroom” program. This program was introduced to us about two years ago by the International Crane Foundation/Endangered Wildlife Trust Uganda Project Coordinator Jimmy Muheebwa. It came in handy when the Grey Crowned Cranes in Kabale were facing incredible persecution through capture for sale across the border into neighboring countries.
Region: Africa
Garlic mustard, black locust and buckthorn… At the International Crane Foundation’s headquarters in Wisconsin, these three plant species are on the most wanted list of invasive species that our staff and volunteers work to eradicate each year. We remove these species as part of the broader habitat restoration program at our headquarters, which serves as both a living classroom and a home to many species of native plants and animals.
Region: Africa
A large lechwe herd grazes on the productive Kafue Flats.
The Kafue Flats in Zambia, Southern Africa, is one of the most productive wetlands on Earth for wildlife and people. More than 3,000 Wattled Cranes – a third of the total global population – are found on the Kafue Flats, along with Grey Crowned Cranes and hundreds of thousands of other water birds. The endemic Kafue Lechwe, found only on the flats, along with African buffalo, zebra, wildebeest and other large mammals make their home on the flats. The Kafue Flats also support one of the major fisheries of Zambia, and more than 150,000 cattle graze on the vast floodplain.
Region: Africa
Region: Africa
“The haunting calls of the world’s cranes are sadder today because they have lost a devoted friend, and the conservation community has lost a true hero.” ~ Kenneth Strom, National Audubon Society
On September 19, 2018, we lost a dear friend and champion for the conservation of cranes and wetlands, Jim Harris.
Region: Africa
Our South African Drakensberg team completed the KwaZulu-Natal crane aerial survey in August in collaboration with our partners Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife. One of the main observations we made during the survey were larger numbers and flocks of Wattled Cranes with much fewer breeding pairs.
Region: Africa
Region: Africa
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Region: Africa
I was working in Zambia when word came that the United States would pull out of the international Paris Agreement on climate change. Listening to this news with a group of Zambian colleagues, I was saddened. In Zambia, and nearly everywhere we work around the world, climate change is treated as a life or death matter. The prospect of intensely prolonged droughts and water shortages, chronic food insecurity, power outages, coastal land loss under rising seas, and extremely violent storms doesn’t bode well for poor countries like Zambia that lack the resources to adapt to these daunting challenges. These countries have contributed little to global warming but face the brunt of its impacts.
