The funds raised by David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF) directly support a variety of ground-based Field Partners across Africa and Asia.
We choose our partners very carefully and believe that long-term projects are the answer to truly turning the tide on extinction, with many of our partnerships stretching back decades or more.
Take a look below to find out more about each of our Field Partners.
Aaranyak is based in Assam, in the northeast of India, and work to protect the world’s biggest population of greater-one horned rhino, tigers and many other species. DSWF has supported Aaranyak with funding for anti-poaching efforts, park protection, education programs for local children and wildlife crime investigation initiatives for over 25 years.
Centre de Conservation pour Chimpanzés (CCC) is based in Guinea, on the west coast of Africa.
DSWF supports CCC’s work to rescue West African chimpanzees from the illegal wildlife trade, education initiatives to encourage local communities to protect chimpanzees and their habitats, and programs that provide local people with alternative sources of income that don’t require destruction of the chimpanzee’s habitat. DSWF has supported Center de Conservation pour Chimpanzes for over 8 years.
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is an international organisation that works to fight environmental and wildlife crime. We support their investigations into the illegal wildlife trade in both Africa and Asia, focusing on the trade in tiger and pangolin parts in particular.
Freeland International is an international counter-trafficking organisation which protects endangered wildlife through law enforcement, criminal investigations and educational initiatives.
Freeland Thailand undertakes ground-based tiger conservation work in Thailand’s Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, protecting tigers, pangolins and other endangered species through anti-poaching patrols, training, and community engagement.
Snow Leopard Trust (SLT) is an organisation based in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.
SLT works to protect wild populations of the elusive snow leopard, ensuring their habitats are protected and increasing awareness in local communities about the value of conservation, as well as providing community members with alternative livelihoods and compensation for livestock lost to snow leopards. We support ground-breaking snow leopard research in Mongolia and eco-camps and other education programs in both countries.
Game Rangers International (GRI) is based in Zambia. DSWF has worked closely with GRI since its inception in 2007, supporting on-the-ground park protection, including the training and provision of equipment to rangers, and support for anti-poaching units to fight poaching and wildlife crime. This is complemented by support for local education and community outreach programmes, including work to reduce human-wildlife conflict.
DSWF also supports the Wildlife Rescue Programme in Kafue National Park, which rescues orphaned baby elephants in the wild and rehabilitates them for release back into wild herds.
DSWF has forged partnerships beyond borders, working on the front-line, saving species from the threat of extinction.
Musekese Conservation is a Zambian organisation working with the Department of National Parks & Wildlife across the Greater Kafue Ecosystem. The project’s primary focus is capacity building for effective conservation outcomes. We provide resources and technical support for law enforcement, research and community based natural resource management.
KopeLion works to enable lasting coexistence between pastoralists and lions in Ngorongoro Conservation Area and its surrounds. Supporting better protection for both livestock and lions, reducing the conflicts, and providing tangible benefits from lion conservation are some of the ways that KopeLion is increasing the tolerance that people have towards lions, reopening corridors of connectivity, and restoring a healthy landscape that sustains all forms of life.
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is a nature conservation organisation working to conserve wildlife and their habitats across India.
DSWF has provided rapid aid to address wildlife emergencies in India, such as initiatives to reduce human-wildlife conflict.
Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) works to protect the African painted dog in Hwange and Mana Pools National Parks in Zimbabwe.
Through park protection, law enforcement efforts and education initiatives, including through the hugely popular and successful Children’s Bush Camps, PDC works to conserve painted dogs in their natural habitat.
Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) aims to protect the last free-roaming population of the desert-adapted black rhino in Namibia.
Through widespread data collection and monitoring, SRT are working tirelessly to prevent the extinction of this endangered species.
The Pangolin Project, based in Kenya, is dedicated to pangolin conservation, research and protection.
DSWF have been funding Field Partners for over four decades to fight wildlife crime, protect endangered species and educate global communities.
WildAid is an organisation based in San Francisco, USA, which campaigns on an international scale to reduce the demand for wildlife products.
From educational messaging in Vietnam to prevent the use of pangolin scales in traditional medicine, to campaigning for a ban on tiger part consumption in China, WildAid works to reduce wildlife product consumption across the world.
