Sahara Conservation (SC) - previously known as Sahara Conservation Fund - is an

international non-governmental organization An international non-governmental organization (INGO) is an organization which is independent of government involvement and extends the concept of a non-governmental organization (NGO) to an international scope. INGOs can admit members affiliated t ...

established in 2004 to conserve the wildlife, including the

endangered species An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching, inv ...

, of the

Sahara The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...

desert and bordering Sahelian grasslands.Conservation initiatives
''Sahara Desert''. Klingdon, Jonathan et al
''Mammals of Africa, Volumes 1-6''
A&C Black, 2013. Vol. VI, p. 570. Its goal is to maintain the Sahara as a well-conserved, well-managed desert in which ecological processes function naturally, with plants and animals in healthy numbers across their normal historical range. SC creates partnerships between people, governments, worldwide zoos, and scientific communities, international conventions, NGOs, and donor agencies. Its activity is based on three complementary program areas: conserving the Sahara’s remaining wildlife,

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and reintroduction of key species, and communicating the crisis faced by Saharan wildlife. SC currently works in several African countries, including

Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...

and

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

. Sahara Conservation was established in 2007 as a 501(c)(3)

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organization by the US Internal Revenue Service (tax identification number: 26-0171939) in the State of

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(

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). Sahara Conservation - Europe was established in 2016 under the French Law of Associations 1901. These organizations facilitate the essential acquisition and distribution of resources to where they are needed in the field. Sahara Conservation operates across the region but with particular focus on critical conservation landscapes in Chad in Niger where we operate through our locally registered non-profit entities under agreements with these governments

References

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External links

Sahara Conservation Fund website
Sahara Nature conservation organizations based in the United States Charities based in Missouri Saint Louis Zoo Environmental organizations established in 1995 1995 establishments in Missouri Wildlife conservation organizations