OUR APPROACH
- Our work centers on the environmental and wildlife because it is the most comprehensive tool to conserve imperiled species in Africa. This work consists of four components: recovery, permitting, monitoring, and transparency. The goal of the program is recovery—ensuring a species is likely to persist in the long term.
- But permits issued under the ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism which works together with the National Environmental council which also play an important role of conducting an environmental impact assessment, also can authorize activities that impede recovery.
- Monitoring is needed to determine the effects of those activities on recovery, the effectiveness of conservation actions, and other vital metrics. In the face of budget cuts and personnel shortfalls,
- transparency of government data will enable the Center and others to help with monitoring and to enhance our effectiveness as scientists and advocates. All four components are vital to fulfilling our mission of improving endangered species conservation in Africa and Tanzania as specific.
Each of our initiatives is designed to generate at least one of the following outputs.
- Fill knowledge gaps. Find and analyze data to inform conservation decisions and make the data publicly available.
- Demonstrate the possible. Offer concrete examples of how novel tools can improve conservation.
- Improve implementation. Develop better wildlife regulations, policies, practices, and decision-making tools.
- Improve accountability. Ensure government agencies, permittees, and other are fulfilling their conservation duties.
WHO WE ARE
Dr.Alex Kisingo Dr.Hammad I Dulle and Dr.Masuruli Baker lead our data science work. Mr. Philip Malley leads our spatial science work. Mr. Bakari Mtili and Miss Anisia Kajole coordinates and helps with key projects for the Center. Mr.Benedict Kanyama and Patricia S.Kayaga leads the science initiatives for the Center, and Mr.Brighton Mbilinyi directs the Center.
The Center has a diverse group of volunteers, ranging from senior advisors with substantial experience in conservation and related disciplines, to college interns helping with data gathering and analysis.
COLLABORATE WITH US
- The Center collaborates with many other organizations, including government agencies, universities, regulated entities, and other conservation groups.
- We focus on partnerships that take advantage of innovations in science, technology, and policy.
- To learn more about collaborating with us, please send an email inquiry to saviourswildlife@gmail.com
- If you are interested in volunteering or working with us, we post any position vacancies here.
- You can also sign up for our periodic email updates by sending a request to brightonfrancis91@gmail.com