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Protecting the Last of the Renosterveld

Protecting the Last of the Renosterveld

WildLandscapes International is assisting the ORCT with securing 1,825 acres of Critically Endangered Renosterveld, one of the most endangered vegetation types on the planet. This vital habitat will adjoin and extend the Nature Preservation, ensuring that it is protected going forward.

These are only two properties with this amount of renosterveld remaining and the only way of securing them is through purchase. Donors have raised half the funds needed for purchase, but without the remaining funds the conservation areas will remain unsecured.

Encouraging News for the Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth

Encouraging News for the Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth

Recently, there have been several exciting developments in Ol Pejeta. Many sources of international press have focused on the conservation work being done to save the last northern white rhinos from extinction. Only two females remain, a mother and daughter (Najin and Fatu), and ground-breaking science is being carried out to produce embryos using eggs from these rhinos, fertilized by sperm collected from now-deceased males. The embryos are expected to be carried to term in due course by surrogate southern white rhinos.