Save the Rhino Trust

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In the remote north western corner of Namibia, the black rhino population is the only one in the world to have survived on communal land with no formal conservation status.


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It is the largest free-range population in existence today.
In the 1980s the numbers were falling drastically as a result of hunting and poaching of the animals, and the black rhino population fell to near extint levels.


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This brought the attention of a few select scientists who founded the Save The Rhino Trust in 1982.

In the beginning, the trust employed former poachers, utilizing their extensive knowledge of the animal to begin the conservation movement.


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Over the years the trust's aim to stop the extermination of black rhinos has gained support by local Chiefs headman and the farming communities.

With the support from the government and help from international partners, the trust has found success in monitoring the rhino, simultaneously bringing benefits to the community through conservation and tourism.


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Since its founding, the black rhino population in these northwestern concession areas has tripled.


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