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1% for the Planet
A New Model for Integrating Conservation into Business: 1% for the Planet
We are pleased to announce the International Elephant Foundation has joined 1% for the Planet as an impact partner! This partnership is intended to advance our […]
Elephants Helping Elephants
For those of us who grew up in Western nations, we often forget that places across the globe have a completely different everyday relationship with wildlife. While you might worry about deer or rabbits eating your landscaping, […]
Their Trunks are in Our Hands
Did you know there are ten times fewer Asian elephants in the world than African elephants?
With an estimated 40,000-50,000 Asian elephants living in the 13 Asian elephant range countries and across the globe, and approximately 400,000-500,000 African […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 15
We left the Paraa Lodge for our afternoon game drive seeing animals in every direction as we drove. Eventually we came upon the largest building complex we had seen yet. This was the brand new conference and […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 14
Off we went the next morning in the pitch dark with our driver KK at the wheel. Using a portable spotlight, Derek and Mike searched for wildlife both looking for eyes reflecting the light as well as […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 13
After lunch at the lodge, we went on a game drive with Mike, Andy and Derek, UCF’s Project & Procurement Manager. The landscape in MFNP was much hillier and lush than the other two national parks we […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 12
Our next stop was Murchison Falls National Park (MFNP) to meet with IEF’s partner and our host in Uganda Mike Keigwin, founder of the nonprofit Uganda Conservation Foundation. The 6-hour drive allowed us to see the countryside […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 11
We spent our last day in Tsavo traveling to see the sand dam Joe and I funded to help provide water for elephants and the other wild animals in the area. A sand dam is a simple, […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 10
After we left the farm, we drove to the Kyusyani Secondary School for girls and boys. Nicholas introduced us to the principal who gave us a tour of the new science and chemistry lab, and a newly-built […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 9
After our made-to-order breakfast at the guest cottage, we popped over to the hangar where the Tsavo pilots keep their four reconnaissance planes. As luck would have it, we were visiting just weeks before the four-seater leased […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 8
After flying to Nairobi, Kenya the night previously, the next morning we met our driver who was taking us to Tsavo National Park, the largest of Kenya’s 23 national parks the next morning. The area, comparable to […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 7
Our last morning in Zambia saw us up before dark enjoying a fire pit-cooked breakfast before taking off down the Zambezi River. We were on our way by boat to meet Sam and his vehicle in LZNP. […]
