Conservation in a time of crisis
22 September 2020
Unless conservation rethinks its funding model it could be under threat. Inclusive growth that benefits people and animals is the future.
2 min read | 23 min podcast
Pivotal in the fight to save rhino, our conservation education partners educate children in local communities, increasing awareness on the importance of caring for wildlife and the critical contribution that tourism and conservation present for employment and career opportunities. We have worked closely with Coaching Conservation since 2013 and Good Work Foundation since 2016, in that time reaching 29,000 children.
The rescue of rhino calves and poaching survivors is essential to the ultimate survival of the species and provides an important awareness platform and fundraising vehicle, and our rescue partners do vital and pioneering work in communities. We have supported both Care for Wild and the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) since 2017, in that time seeing the rescue of over 90 rhino and release of 37 back into the wild.
Investec Rhino Lifeline educates kids to care about themselves and their environmental inheritance.
Investec Rhino Lifeline educates kids to care about themselves and their environmental inheritance.
Investec Rhino Lifeline supports the care and rehabilitation of rhinos orphaned through poaching.
Investec Rhino Lifeline supports the care and rehabilitation of rhinos orphaned through poaching.
We recognise the important role #RhinoLifeline plays in both community support and, more recently, in combatting illegal wildlife trade. Beyond project support, raising awareness is critical to maintain the cause in the public domain and facilitate donations.
"The Coaching Conservation programme blends digital learning with life skills and soccer coaching to encourage young people to think about their relationship with themselves, their peers and their environment." Ryan James, Good Work Foundation
We are deeply grateful to Investec, our staff, our clients and the public, for their generosity and support of Investec Rhino Lifeline and our partners.
Every rhino counts. When rhino mothers are poached, young calves are left orphaned, injured, and at risk from predator attack. We support rhino rescue by partnering with experts who can rehabilitate and eventually release them into well-protected areas of the wild. "You do not give up on them, ever." Petronel Niewoudt, Care for Wild.