The Ford Wildlife Foundation Projects

Take a look at some of our impactful initiatives that we’ve hosted over the years.

Conservation Projects

The conservation projects are aimed at protecting a diverse variety of fauna and flora, mostly listed as endangered or vulnerable, across sub-sahara Africa.

• Endangered Wildlife Trust - Threatened Amphibian Programme - KwaZulu Natal - Drakensberg and Cape - Overberg Area - Move around these areas, not a specific location
• Mabula Ground Hornbill Project - Limpopo - Mabula Private Game Reserve and Loskop Dam
• Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust - Critically Endangered Renosterveld Conservation Easement Programme - Western Cape, Overberg - Napier/Bredasdorp Area
• Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds - SANCCOB - Western Cape, Cape Town, Table View
• Endangered Wildlife Trust - Carnivore Conservation Programme - Mpumalanga, Kruger National Park, Hoedspruit
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF-SA) - Establishment of a National Grassland Park in the Eastern Cape - Eastern Cape, Drakensberg Mountain Range - Rhodes-Maclear
• Cape Leopard Trust - Leopard Research Project - Western Cape - Cedarberg
• Endangered Wildlife Trust - Cheetah Metapopulation Project - Across SA and into Sub-Saharan Africa Countries
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF-SA) - Black Rhino Range Expansion Project - KwaZulu Natal, Himeville
• Endangered Wildlife Trust - SA Cranes, Wetlands and Communities Project - KwaZulu Natal, Midlands and Giants Castle (Work across SA and in the Cape)
• BirdLife SA - Species Conservation project - KwaZulu Natal (BirdLife Head Office in Johannesburg)
• SANCCOB - Seabird Rehabilitation Support Project - Eastern Cape, Gqeberha
• Wildlife ACT Fund Trust Somkhanda Wildlife ACT Emergency Response - KwaZulu Natal, Ezemvulu, Hluhluwe and Somkhanda
• Endangered Wildlife Trust - Drylands Conservation Programme - Northern Cape, Loxton Area
• Freshwater Research Centre - Cape Critical Rivers programme - Western Cape, Kommetjie, project location: Cedarberg
• Mozambique Wildlife Alliance - Wildlife Veterinary and Human Wildlife Conflict mitigation interventions in Mozambique - Mozambique
• Rivers of Life Programme (University of Mpumalanga) - Freshwater Eel Research - Mpumalanga
• Vulpro - Whitebacked Vulture Project - North West Province (Hartebeespoort Dam) and Eastern Cape (Shamwari)

Research Projects

Our research projects mostly help us understand the needs of the environment and of the wildlife in South Africa better, so that we can come up with better solutions that are sustainable and beneficial to nature.

• Sea Search Research and Conservation- Sea Search Research and Conservation Project - Western Cape - Muizenberg (Cape up to Namibia Coastline)
• Oceanographic Research Institute - Coral Reef Programme - KwaZulu Natal, uShaka Marine World and up the Natal Cost (St Lucia and Sodwana Area)
• Endangered Wildlife Trust - Wildlife & Transport Project - Gauteng and Limpopo
• UKZN School of Life Sciences - Ecology and conservation of vultures in southern Africa and impacts of changing land use - KwaZulu Natal
• UKZN School of Life Sciences - Behaviour and ecology of hippos and their ecological role in aquatic and terrestrial systems - KwaZulu Natal and Kruger Park
• BirdLife SA - Spatial Planning and Data Project - Northern Cape

Educational Projects

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

All our educational projects are aimed at teaching the youth about the best practices of wildlife and nature preservation from a young age. Because a better tomorrow starts with a better education today.

• Lapalala Wilderness School - Capacity Development of LWS Community Outreach Programmes in Limpopo Province - Limpopo - Lapalala Wilderness Reserve
• WESSA - International Schools Programme - Gauteng
• WESSA - Tourism Blue Flag - Western Cape
• WESSA - Tourism Green Coast - Eastern Cape, Chintsa, Morgan Bay and Kei Mouth Area
• Endangered Wildlife Trust - The People in Conservation Programme - People thriving alongside wildlife - Limpopo, Soutpansberg