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On Wednesday 26 May 2010, five black rhinos will be translocated to North Luangwa National Park in Zambia from South Africa. This will complete a founder population of 25 black rhinos. This is the first successful return of black rhinos to a country from where they were previously poached to extinction. Click here to read the full press release.

Click on the image below to read about the North Luangwa Conservation Programme in the latest edition of The Horn:

North Luangwa - The Horn Spring 2010

North Luangwa Conservation Programme, Zambia

North Luangwa Environmental Education Programme Location: North Luangwa National Park
Project leaders: Ed Sayer and Claire Lewis
Project partners: North Luangwa Conservation Project and the Frankfurt Zoological Society
Rhino numbers: 20 South Central black rhino (Diceros bicornis minor)
Size of protected area: 205 km2
Activities: Anti-poaching, monitoring, translocations and environmental education – the Conservation Education Programme
Support: We have helped fund the re-introduction of rhino into North Luangwa National Park by keeping the Sanctuary secure through building infrastructure and providing education programmes for the neighbouring communities
Funding partner: EAZA Rhino Campaign

North Luangwa National Park (NLNP) is located North Luangwa Translocation Programmein the Northern Province of Zambia. The Park covers an area of 4,636 km² and is situated in the mid- to upper Luangwa Valley. Wildlife is widely found, including Cookson's wildebeest, Crawshay's zebra and many antelopes and birds. Elephant numbers have recovered from poaching in the 1970s and 80s. More recently, in 2003, the Zambian Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) and the North Luangwa Conservation Project (NLCP) launched a joint project to re-introduce critically endangered black rhinos into NLNP and build capacity within ZAWA to protect and manage the animals. 20 black rhino have since been re-introduced, and the final five will arrive in 2010. From this founder population, three calves have already been born and a dedicated rhino protection team carries out daily monitoring and protection activities.
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To reach its overall goal to maintain the wilderness of NLNP, and the function of the natural ecosystems in surrounding areas, for its intrinsic value and the benefit of people, NLCP is developing and implementing activities in support of sustainable and long-term ecosystem management, and it has recognized the benefits of linking conservation and children.


Through the operation of a targeted Conservation Education Program (CEP), 20 local schools (2,000 pupils) benefit each year from interactive, innovative lessons and supplementing activities that are delivered by a mobile Conservation Education Unit and Officer. The NLCP hopes that by encouraging involvement through conservation education, the next generation of responsible, committed Zambians will work for the sustained conservation of the greater North Luangwa ecosystem. This proposal requests funds for the ongoing operation of the CEP.

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If you are a UK taxpayer and would like to make a tax-efficient donation to the North Luangwa Conservation Programme, please click here and select "Zambia - North Luangwa" from the list of projects available.

If you are a US taxpayer, please click here for information on our sister organization, Save the Rhino International Inc, which is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization, EIN 31-1758236.