By Jo B | Supporter Care & Database Executive
Thank you for supporting David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation through GlobalGiving. As well as providing you with your bi-annual Pangolin project report full of fantastic news and results of this project, we would also like to inform you about an exciting campaign.
Despite their global recognition, relatively little is known about pangolin populations and trends. This makes implementing long-term conservation difficult. This year, DSWF have been working with our ground based-conservation partner in Kenya to build a real time data analysis and visualisation tool to map pangolin sightings, arrests, and other pangolin data. This information is vital to identify stronghold populations, to target anti-poaching patrols and to inform protection strategies.
Also in Kenya, DSWF has been working closely with our ground-based conversation partner in the Greater Mara to provide ranger training for the protection of pangolins. This year, DSWF funding contributed to the training of 365 rangers resulting in 18 ranger posts adapting their activities to enhance pangolin protection and anti-poaching patrols.
2019 was a record year for pangolin seizures with over 500kg of scales being confiscated globally. Acknowledging the vital importance of cracking down on wildlife crime in Uganda, DSWF have been supporting our ground-based conservation partners to promote awareness of pangolin protection laws and to strengthen pangolin trafficking investigations and prosecutions. Over the past year, these activities have led to the arrest of 60 pangolin traffickers, the seizure of 396kg of pangolins scales, 19 live pangolins and 2 pangolin skins.
In 2020, DSWF started funding a new pangolin partnership in Vietnams Pu Mat National Park. Over the last 12 months, DSWF supported ranger patrols covering 3,169km (equal to twice the length of Vietnam). These patrols are essential to deter poachers from entering the park and to remove snare traps. As a direct consequence of these efforts, the recovery of snares and guns in the area have dropped by 94% since the project inception and the park has become secured as a pangolin recovery site. DSWF have also been working with our ground-based conservation partners to communicate and enforce a new government directive cracking down on wildlife trade, hunting and consumption at the national scale. Data proves that the illegal poaching in Pu Mat has reduced by over 90% since the project started.
How can you help this vital work continue?
This week GlobalGiving are hosting their annual Little by Little campaign, this means that all donations donated through GlobalGiving to David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation between Monday 13th and Friday 17th September will receive 50% match funding from GlobalGiving. So, if you donate £20 today, we receive £30 towards Pangolin conservation making your contribution work that little bit harder!
We are hugely grateful that you have chosen to support us to help turn the tide on extinction. Thank you.
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