Giraffe are icons of the African wilderness, but they are under significant conservation threat. With only 117,000 individuals widely distributed in isolated populations across 21 different African countries, giraffe face diverse challenges throughout their range, which require diverse solutions to address them.
The Giraffe Conservation Foundation, with a collaborative international team of scientists and local stakeholders, is spearheading groundbreaking giraffe conservation initiatives to understand the ecological needs of giraffe, assess threats across their range, and design creative solutions to these conservation issues. Combining advanced technology with ground-level understandings of giraffe ecology, Brown and others are turning science into meaningful conservation outcomes.
The Twiga Tracker Initiative, an ambitious continental scale GPS tracking study of over 300 giraffe, is revolutionizing how we understand giraffe movement and habitat needs.
In this conversation, Dr. Michael Brown, a conservation ecologist and a joint fellow with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, will explore giraffe conservation issues across amazingly diverse ecosystems in Africa, from the barren lunar landscapes of northwest Namibia to the rugged mountainous savannahs of eastern Uganda. This discussion will unpack the unique challenges of studying these charismatic giants, and the creative, ambitious approaches that are making a difference for giraffe conservation on the ground.
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