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Above left: Rebecca Klein at the Cheetah Summit in Addis Ababa.
Above right: Jane Horgan at the International Desert Conservation Summit
Above right: Jane Horgan at the International Desert Conservation Summit
Cheetahs are a wide-ranging species with home ranges as large as 2,000km2 (770 square miles). They are not constricted by international boundaries and roam widely over large landscapes. Preserving the connectivity of cheetah populations is even more critical than other threatened species, with their low genetic diversity making small populations unlikely to be viable for long-term sustainability. Currently there are 33 known populations of cheetahs, separated geographically across the African continent and in Iran. Only two of those populations contain over 1,000 individuals and are considered viable — Botswana is central to the largest of these two populations. Our work to protect the cheetahs of Botswana is particularly useful as a part of a greater team working to preserve the world’s cheetah population and especially with our neighbouring countries who make up the part of the southern African population.
CCB’s co-founder and Executive Director, Rebecca Klein, joined the world’s leaders of cheetah conservation for the inaugural Cheetah Summit, which took place in Addis Ababa between the 28th and 31st of January. Rebecca was one of 130 experts from Africa, the Middle East, India, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States who attended the event, representing more than 80 institutions from communities, government and non-government organisations. The event’s theme “Conservation through collaboration: a call to action” highlighted the great need for conservationists to come together to enact change. The event culminated in the signing of the Addis Ababa Declaration for Global Cheetah Conservation which calls for the urgent need for action to protect cheetahs from extinction. The event, and the Declaration aims to further boost actions to protect the world’s remaining cheetahs before they run out of time.
In the same week, CCB’s Grants and Communication Coordinator, Jane Horgan, visited CCB’s long-time conservation partners and supporters, The Living Desert, in Palm Desert, California. The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is not only one of the USA’s finest zoological facilities, but boast an impressive legacy of conservation initiatives, including hosting the International Desert Conservation Summit annually for the past three years. The Living Desert invited CCB to this year’s summit – the first in-person version of the Summit to date — to accept their prestigious Conservation Hero award. Joining desert conservationists from around the globe, the event, held from the 2nd – 4th February, celebrated the innovative approaches to desert conservation which centre around community engagement and involvement from the bottom-up. The event helped link conservationists working in the same challenging landscapes and although the species featured ranged from cheetahs and lions to rhinos, desert tortoises and vaquita, the community-based approaches to tackling the similar conservation issues experienced, allowed considerable knowledge exchange and ideas sharing between the conservationists. We are extremely thankful to The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens and their team for honouring CCB with their Conservation Hero award and we look forward to an exciting partnership with them and the conservationists who attended the summit.
CCB’s co-founder and Executive Director, Rebecca Klein, joined the world’s leaders of cheetah conservation for the inaugural Cheetah Summit, which took place in Addis Ababa between the 28th and 31st of January. Rebecca was one of 130 experts from Africa, the Middle East, India, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States who attended the event, representing more than 80 institutions from communities, government and non-government organisations. The event’s theme “Conservation through collaboration: a call to action” highlighted the great need for conservationists to come together to enact change. The event culminated in the signing of the Addis Ababa Declaration for Global Cheetah Conservation which calls for the urgent need for action to protect cheetahs from extinction. The event, and the Declaration aims to further boost actions to protect the world’s remaining cheetahs before they run out of time.
In the same week, CCB’s Grants and Communication Coordinator, Jane Horgan, visited CCB’s long-time conservation partners and supporters, The Living Desert, in Palm Desert, California. The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is not only one of the USA’s finest zoological facilities, but boast an impressive legacy of conservation initiatives, including hosting the International Desert Conservation Summit annually for the past three years. The Living Desert invited CCB to this year’s summit – the first in-person version of the Summit to date — to accept their prestigious Conservation Hero award. Joining desert conservationists from around the globe, the event, held from the 2nd – 4th February, celebrated the innovative approaches to desert conservation which centre around community engagement and involvement from the bottom-up. The event helped link conservationists working in the same challenging landscapes and although the species featured ranged from cheetahs and lions to rhinos, desert tortoises and vaquita, the community-based approaches to tackling the similar conservation issues experienced, allowed considerable knowledge exchange and ideas sharing between the conservationists. We are extremely thankful to The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens and their team for honouring CCB with their Conservation Hero award and we look forward to an exciting partnership with them and the conservationists who attended the summit.
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Above left: Jane receiving the Conservation Heroes Award on behalf of CCB.
Above right: Jane presenting at the International Desert Conservation Summit
Above right: Jane presenting at the International Desert Conservation Summit
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