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2018 Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT 2018 1 THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT | RHINO STATISTICS VISION & MISSION | ANNUAL REPORT THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION 2 OUR VISION OUR MISSION A world where rhinos To ensure the survival of rhinos thrive in the wild. through strategic partnerships, targeted protection, and scientifically sound interventions. RHINO STATISTICS 5 species of rhinos <80 Sumatran rhinos survive 3 species are Critically Endangered +$1 million in grants awarded to strengthen security and anti-poaching efforts 3 rhinos killed for large rhino populations in per day by poachers southern Africa in Africa 38 from 0 67 Javan rhinos A re-established greater one- are left on the planet, and the horned rhino population in India’s entire population lives in 1 site. Manas National Park has grown to 38 individuals (from zero) 3 THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT | LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP | ANNUAL REPORT THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION 4 the judiciary to dismantle criminal As IRF grows, we continuously day, and ongoing threats to rhinos networks trafficking rhino horn. work to ensure wise investment of persist. We need your help to IRF’s limited resources by making counter the threats and protect We are proud to be a partner in LEADERSHIP Our work in Zimbabwe’s Lowveld sure that the majority of funds go rhinos in the wild from harm. On Indian Rhino Vision 2020, which Conservancies led to an increase directly to field programs. We also behalf of the Board of Directors and has established a new population in the black rhino population there will continually seek new funds staff, thank you for your support of of greater one-horned rhinos in MESSAGE from 370 to 550 animals, even in the to address the ever-changing the International Rhino Foundation. India’s Manas National Park. The face of intense and ongoing threats challenges facing rhinos. IRF population now has seen its twelfth from poaching. Several key arrests has made significant strides this birth and has grown to 38 animals in led to significant sentences for at year. New challenges in rhino just 10 years. least two poachers. conservation appear almost every This year thanks to an anonymous donor, IRF and our partner the From its inception 28 years ago, Rhino Foundation of Indonesia IRF has focused on areas where have doubled the capacity of the rhinos are in the most need of Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary. The attention and where precious facility now will be able to hold up conservation resources will have to 12 animals. IRF remains laser- the most impact. Among the most focused on making sure this iconic SUSIE ELLIS important lessons we have learned species survives well into the future, PHD is the value of collaboration. Lasting by continuing protection as well as Executive Director solutions involve a multitude enhancing the captive propagation of stakeholders – local people, program. Our aim is to quickly and communities, government agencies, safely produce as many Sumatran zoos, conservation organizations, rhino calves as possible. With a scientists, and others. Our key population of fewer than 80 animals partners and grantees in the field left in the world, time is of the share our commitment to creatively essence. and collaboratively seek ways to work together towards our common Operation: Stop Poaching Now has goal - to sustain all five species of provided much-needed funding to JOHN LUKAS rhinos in the wild. help fight Africa’s rampant poaching President scourge. Thanks to generous We continue to be optimistic donor support, IRF grants have about what IRF, its partners, and equipped rangers, purchased supporters can accomplish by vehicles, purchased a tracker dog working together. New challenges and funded training for his handlers, in rhino conservation appear almost and tested real-time rhino tracking every day, and ongoing threats to and monitoring devices. In Asia, we rhinos persist. Yet our resolve to have provided funding to Education secure a bright future for rhinos is for Nature Vietnam to work with stronger than ever. Vietnamese law enforcement and For 28 years, the International Rhino Foundation has worked to ensure the survival of rhinos through strategic partnerships, targeted protection, and scientifically-sound interventions. 5 THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT | STATE OF THE RHINO STATE OF THE RHINO | ANNUAL REPORT THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION 6 STATE OF THE RHINO JAVAN RHINO SUMATRAN RHINO GREATER ONE- BLACK RHINO WHITE RHINO Rhinoceros sondaicus Dicerorhinus sumatrensis HORNED RHINO Diceros bicornis Ceratotherium simum CRITICALLY ENDANGERED CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Rhinoceros unicornis CRITICALLY ENDANGERED NEAR THREATENED ~67; POPULATION STABLE < 80; POPULATION DECREASING VULNERABLE ~5,500; POPULATION STABLE ~ 18,000; POPULATION DECREASING ~3,600; POP. SLOWLY INCREASING Javan rhinos exist only in Fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos With strict protection and Intensive anti-poaching efforts After many years of growth, the Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National are thought to survive on Earth, conservation measures, the greater have kept black rhino numbers white rhino population is now Park, the largest remaining tract with three small populations on one-horned rhino has recovered relatively stable as births slightly slowly decreasing because of the of lowland tropical forest on the Sumatra in Bukit Barisan Selatan, from fewer than 20 individuals to offset both natural mortality and current poaching crisis. South Africa heavily populated island of Java. Gunung Leuser, and Way Kambas more than 3,600 animals today. poaching losses. Black rhinos occur holds more than 90% of the world’s Video camera-trap research and National Parks, plus perhaps Most of India’s rhinos – an estimated primarily in southern and eastern population, with other significant monitoring activities indicate that a handful of animals in central 2,655 individuals – are found in Africa with the biggest strongholds populations in Namibia, Kenya, 67-68 rhinos remain. Ujung Kulon Kalimantan. Poaching for horn for Kaziranga, Manas, and Orang in South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. Poaching pressure National Park is believed to be illegal markets in China and Vietnam National Parks and the Pabitora and Zimbabwe. Safeguarding this is so great that some populations close to carrying capacity. IRF’s remains a threat, exacerbated Wildlife Reserve in the state of species requires active management are now unable to keep up with program of controlling the growth by small population effects, Assam. At least 314 rhinos inhabit of wild populations and bolstering poaching losses. The highest priority of the ubiquitous Arenga palm human encroachment, potential other protected areas in India, anti-poaching and law enforcement for ensuring this species’ survival within Ujung Kulon has successfully catastrophic events, and invasive and Nepal holds approximately activities. is to step up intensive protection increased available habitat and plant species. Priorities for the 645 greater one-horned rhinos. efforts, and to increase international made room for nine rhinos to use species include continued protection Poaching remains a significant insistence that range country newly rehabilitated habitat. by anti-poaching units and capturing threat to this species, particularly governments enforce their wildlife and translocating isolated animals to in Assam, although intensive crime laws. managed breeding facilities. protection has reduced the number of poached rhinos annually for the past eight years. 7 THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT | MAP MAP | ANNUAL REPORT THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION 8 WHERE WE WORK Populations of all five rhino species across Africa and Asia are threatened by poaching and human activities encroaching on their habitats. IRF invests its precious resources where they are most needed and where they will do the most good for threatened rhinos, protecting populations that are VIETNAM Demand Reduction & Education key to each species’ survival. For INDIA Javan and Sumatran rhinos, that Protection & Wildlife Crime means working to protect the Intelligence entire population because so few individuals are left. To safeguard INDONESIA black and white rhinos, we focus on Sumatran Rhino Conservation sizable populations (more than 100 animals) ranging over large areas. And, to protect greater one-horned rhinos, IRF works in the ecosystem INDONESIA ZAMBIA Javan Rhino Conservation that is home to the majority of the Anti-Poaching Support species’ population. ZIMBABWE More than 81% of IRF’s funds go Lowveld Black directly to local partners who Rhino Program implement rhino conservation SWAZILAND programs in India, Indonesia, Anti-Poaching Support Zimbabwe, Vietnam and Southern Africa. SOUTH AFRICA Anti-Poaching Support 9 THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT | OUR PROGRAMS OUR PROGRAMS | ANNUAL REPORT THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION 10 Throughout its 28-year history, the International Rhino SUMATRAN RHINOS In dense, steamy rainforests on This year, in concert with our on- Foundation has funded and operated rhino conservation the Indonesian islands of Sumatra the-ground partner, the Rhino OUR programs in Africa and Asia. The problems facing rhinos are a bold and Borneo, Earth’s few remaining Foundation of Indonesia, we’ve too big and complex for one organization to solve alone. That’s Sumatran rhinos struggle to survive. doubled the capacity of the why strategic partnerships - with our donors, our partners, new plan Barely hanging
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