Making space Pian Upe Game Reserve in northeast Uganda is the second largest protected area in the country, but one of the least visited. It is now comanaged by Space for Giants and Uganda Wildlife Authority.
With vast expanses of habitat ranging from sweeping savannahs and verdant rainforests to lush wetlands and arid deserts, all home to exceptional fauna and flora, Africa is one of the most biodiverse continents on Earth. But with its human population predicted to double to 2.5 billion by 2050, the need to conserve these wild places is now more vital than ever. Huge global NGOs are active throughout Africa, among them WWF, Wildlife Conservation Society, International Fund for Animal Welfare and The Nature Conservancy. Equally as important to the conservation landscape are far smaller non-profits and organisations dedicated to simply protecting individual reserves, including Zambia’s Conservation Lower Zambezi, Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, The Gorongosa Project in Mozambique and The Malilangwe Trust in Zimbabwe.