Save the Rhino Trust | Namibia

Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) was founded in 1982 with the mandate to monitor and conduct research on the desert-dwelling rhinos in the remote northwestern Namibia. The SRT’s mission is to protect the desert-adapted black rhino in order to ensure security for these and other wildlife species, a protected habitat, and a sustainable future for local communities into the future. SRT works to protect the last, free-roaming population of black rhinos (Diceros bicornis bicornis) left in the world. Save the Rhino Trust works with government facilitating black rhino conservation initiatives, unifying the local communities, NGOs, donors and other national and international partners to ensure the long-term survival of the species, the wilderness and the people.

SRT is proud to be part of the drive ensuring that the rhino population has grown and expanded over the past three decades. Black rhino conservation continues to provide benefits through sustainable eco-tourism on community land, thereby increasing livelihood opportunities and incentives for local people to improve conservation measures. From 2012 to 2018, the number of trained and equipped conservancy-based Rhino Rangers has grown from zero to 59 rangers across 13 conservancies tripling the field force. Covering an area of 25,000 km2, SRT’s rangers possess a deep knowledge of rhinos and their surroundings. Their skills are tested during long patrols, on foot in an area with no national park status and no fences or controls over who enters and exits.

Learn more: savetherhinotrust.org