A2A Safaris - Grumeti Fundhttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/tags/grumeti-fundenFind A Sense of Perspective on the Plains of the Serengetihttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/find-a-sense-perspective-the-plains-the-serengeti<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>Dramatic thunderstorms and billowing clouds mark the arrival of the annual rains in East Africa, when the earth is drenched, fast-flowing rivers curl through the landscape and dry savannahs are transformed into lush, green grasslands. This seasonal cycle echoes the perpetual movement of vast numbers of wildebeest and other plains game which traverse the open...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/experience" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Experience</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/grumeti-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Grumeti Fund</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/singita-grumeti" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Singita Grumeti</a></div></div>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 07:00:12 +0000Anonymous3451 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/find-a-sense-perspective-the-plains-the-serengeti#commentsRhino Calf Breathes New Life into Species Conservation Projecthttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/rhino-calf-breathes-new-life-species-conservation-project<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>Since its inception in 2002, one of the Grumeti Fund’s main goals has been returning eastern black rhino to the western Serengeti; establishing a founder population contributing to the genetic pool and bolstering the greater Serengeti-Mara ecosystem’s rhino population. A couple of months ago, this ambitious conservation project reached an important and exciting goal: the...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/grumeti-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Grumeti Fund</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/wildlife-conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wildlife Conservation</a></div></div>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 07:00:04 +0000Anonymous3442 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/rhino-calf-breathes-new-life-species-conservation-project#commentsRhino Conservation: Your Donation Could Help Save a Specieshttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/rhino-conservation-your-donation-could-help-save-a-species<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>We are helping our conservation partner in Tanzania, the Grumeti Fund to raise $500,000 to support the next translocation of eastern black rhino to the Western Serengeti – but we can’t do it alone. For as little as $5, you have the opportunity to make a difference that could define the future success of an...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/conservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Conservation</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/grumeti-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Grumeti Fund</a></div></div>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:00:15 +0000Anonymous3230 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/rhino-conservation-your-donation-could-help-save-a-species#commentsChanging the Game for the Women and Girls of the Serengetihttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/changing-the-game-the-women-and-girls-the-serengeti<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>It was a wet and gloomy morning on the plains for the third and final day of running but this did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of our Serengeti Girls Run participants. Soon the women were approaching the finish line amidst excited cheers of support and encouragement. Tired but exhilarated, there was a profound sense...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags" rel="dc:subject"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><a href="/africa/blog/tags/grumeti-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Grumeti Fund</a></div>Tue, 05 Nov 2019 07:00:34 +0000Anonymous3211 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/changing-the-game-the-women-and-girls-the-serengeti#commentsTransforming the Future of Women in Tanzaniahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/transforming-the-future-women-tanzania<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>The challenges facing girls and women in rural Africa limit their education prospects and career potential severely. Cultural marginalisation makes it especially hard for them to reach their potential and thrive. Singita’s non-profit conservation partner in Tanzania, the Grumeti Fund, works in more than 20 villages close to Singita’s 350,000-acre concession in the western Serengeti....</p>
</div><div class="field-tags" rel="dc:subject"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><a href="/africa/blog/tags/grumeti-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Grumeti Fund</a></div>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 06:30:15 +0000Anonymous3204 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/transforming-the-future-women-tanzania#commentsJoin the Serengeti Girls Run: Running with Women, for Womenhttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/join-the-serengeti-girls-run-running-women-women<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p>Last October, SHAPE Magazine social manager, Marietta Alessi, ran 45 miles across Singita’s 350,000-acre private concession in Tanzania in the first all-women, multi-day Serengeti Girls Run. This inaugural event, a partnership between Singita and the Grumeti Fund, raised money for women’s empowerment programs in communities bordering the protected area and has inspired a follow-up event...</p>
</div><div class="field-tags" rel="dc:subject"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><a href="/africa/blog/tags/grumeti-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Grumeti Fund</a></div>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 07:00:50 +0000Anonymous3100 at https://www.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/join-the-serengeti-girls-run-running-women-women#commentsWildlife Census 2013 in Tanzaniahttps://www.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/wildlife-census-2013-tanzania<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8319" alt="Wildlife Census 2013 | Singita" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_1.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>Conservation has always been pivotal to Singita’s existence, as it lives hand-in-hand with Singita’s other two operating principles; ecotourism and community development. We believe it’s the responsible way to maintain and extend the sustainability of the reserves under our care. As we reflect on the successes of the past year, it seems fitting to report on the positive findings of a recent census that took place at <a href="http://singita.com/regions/singita-grumeti/" target="_blank">Singita Grumeti</a> earlier in 2013.</p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8320" alt="Wildlife Census 2013 | Singita" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_2.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>The hands-on conservation teams on each property are committed to protecting, maintaining and enhancing the land and its fauna and flora. For example, Singita Grumeti has as one of its goals the rehabilitation of the wildlife populations of Grumeti and Ikorongo Game Reserves and associated wildlife management areas in the Serengeti, Tanzania. Over the last eight years, Singita Grumeti has made a significant investment into the protection of wildlife in the area as well as the infrastructure required to support ecotourism. The effectiveness of these inputs and the management activities that result need to be monitored for appropriate outcomes, the most logical of which is the change in status of the resident herbivores.</p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8321" alt="Wildlife Census 2013 | Singita" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_3.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>Having an understanding of the number of animals, their distribution and numerical trends forms one of the most basic sets of information necessary for the informed management of a wildlife operation. A starting point is a regular and accurate assessment of population size of possibly all, but certainly the ecologically and economically most important species.</p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_4.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8322" alt="Wildlife Census 2013 | Singita" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_4.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>A census was therefore undertaken by way of an aerial survey between the 23rd of August and the 3rd of September 2013 in the Ikorongo-Grumeti Reserves complex. This survey was the tenth undertaken over a period of 11 years, under particularly favourable counting conditions and with a very experienced team of enumerators.</p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_5.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8323" alt="Wildlife Census 2013 | Singita" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_5.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>At the initiation of this project, the <a href="http://singita.com/regions/singita-grumeti/" target="_blank">Grumeti Fund</a> management team’s primary purpose was to facilitate the recovery of the resident large herbivore populations in this part of the Serengeti ecosystem. This was seen as an important step in the rehabilitation of this particular region, protecting the migratory herds but also helping to fully restore the tourism potential of the area.</p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_6.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8324" alt="Wildlife Census 2013 | Singita" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_6.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>Notable statistics from the census include the slowing population increase of buffalo (although this species has shown a six fold increase in estimated size over the last 10 years) and this year showing the highest number of elephant in the area since inception. The population estimate for elephant has varied substantially over the last eight years, probably as a result of the animals moving in and out in response to resource availability. Overall, the population showing a gradual increase of 5% per annum over the last 10 years. In addition, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topi" target="_blank">topi</a>, a local migrant antelope, would appear to have stabilised at around 15 000 animals. Fluctuations are likely due both to forage conditions as well as predation.</p>
<p><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_7.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8325" alt="census_7" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/census_7.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>Click the image below to see the full-size infographic depicting population growth until 2011:</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Singita-infographic_Wildlife-Census.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-8326" alt="Wildlife Census 2013 | Singita" src="http://singita.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Singita-infographic_Wildlife-Census.jpg" width="630" height="693" /></a></p>
<p><em>Singita Grumeti also has a highly successful <a href="http://singita.com/conservation/singita-grumeti-anti-poaching-team/" target="_blank">Anti-Poaching Unit</a> comprising 120 game scouts (most of the ex-poachers) who work together with the Wildlife Division to eradicated illegal hunting within the concession. Visit our <a href="http://singita.com/conservation/" target="_blank">Conservation page</a> to learn more about how Singita manages the half a million acres of pristine African wilderness that it is proud guardian of. </em></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://singita.com/blog/wildlife-census-2013/">Wildlife Census 2013 in Tanzania</a> appeared first on <a href="http://singita.com">Singita</a>.</p>
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