Tiang in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy African Parks/Marcus Westberg
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Save South Sudan’s Great Antelope Migration

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Project Overview

One of the last and most exceptional wildernesses in Africa—and the imperiled species who depend on it—is threatened by intense pressure from oil, gas and mining development and high-production agriculture.

  • Species at Risk

    African Savanna Elephant (EN), Beisa Oryx (EN), Lion (VU), Cheetah (VU), Giraffe (VU)

  • Carbon stored

    423,568,347 mT*

    *(metric tons of CO2 equivalents)
  • Partner

    African Parks Network

  • 9,376,800 Proposed Acres Conserved by

    Designation

Project Cost: $4,044,349
Funding Raised: $3,086,313

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South Sudan
Proposed Acres

9,376,800

Project Overview

One of the last and most exceptional wildernesses in Africa—and the imperiled species who depend on it—is threatened by intense pressure from oil, gas and mining development and high-production agriculture.

  • Species at Risk

    African Savanna Elephant (EN), Beisa Oryx (EN), Lion (VU), Cheetah (VU), Giraffe (VU)

  • Carbon stored

    423,568,347 mT*

    *(metric tons of CO2 equivalents)
  • Partner

    African Parks Network

  • 9,376,800 Proposed Acres Conserved by

    Designation

Project Cost: £3,209,800
Funding Raised: £2,449,454

Please note that your donation may not be immediately reflected in the funding thermometer above.

South Sudan
Proposed Acres

9,376,800

The project landscape in South Sudan, courtesy of African Parks

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The Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape is a savanna and woodland floodplain that supports what may well be the world’s largest antelope migration. Millions of White-eared Kob, Mongalla Gazelle, Tiang and Bohor Reedbuck feed on abundant grasses as they sweep across 9.3 million acres of intact wilderness that is now under pressure from oil, gas, and mineral development and high-production agriculture.

Small populations of Endangered African Savanna Elephant, Beisa Oryx and a Critically Endangered subspecies of Giraffe, the Nubian Giraffe, are scattered across the vast Boma-Badingilo landscape, as are the Vulnerable Lion and Cheetah that have pursued them for thousands of years. Past civil unrest, poaching for the illegal commercial trade of bushmeat and ivory, and human-wildlife conflict with pastoralist communities have decimated their populations.

In the process of South Sudan becoming an independent country, the two national parks that bookend the Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape lost their official protective status. Rainforest Trust and our partner, African Parks Network, are supporting the re-establishment and expansion of Boma and Badingilo National Parks and the designation of the unprotected acres in between as Community Conservancies, for a total project area of 9,376,800 acres. This project is part of a greater strategy to increase connectivity with neighboring Gambela and Omo National Parks in Ethiopia and vast, unprotected areas to the north.

Header photo: Tiang in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, South-Sudan, courtesy African Parks/© Marcus Westberg

Discover Boma and Badingilo National Parks

Tiang in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy African Parks/Marcus Westberg
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Tiang in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy African Parks/© Marcus Westberg

Tiang in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy African Parks/Marcus Westberg
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Tiang in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy African Parks/© Marcus Westberg

Tiang in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy African Parks/Marcus Westberg
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Tiang in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy African Parks/© Marcus Westberg

Nile River in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy African Parks/©Marcus Westberg
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Nile River in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy African Parks/© Marcus Westberg

Giraffe in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy of African Parks/© Marcus Westberg
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Giraffe in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy of African Parks/© Marcus Westberg

Giraffe in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy of African Parks/© Marcus Westberg
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Giraffe in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy of African Parks/© Marcus Westberg

Herd of Giraffe, courtesy of African Parks/Mike Fay
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Herd of Giraffe, courtesy of African Parks/© Mike Fay

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Herd of Giraffe, courtesy of African Parks/© Mike Fay

Cheetah in project landscape, courtesy of African Parks
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Cheetah in project landscape, courtesy of African Parks

The project landscape in South Sudan, courtesy of African Parks
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The project landscape in South Sudan, courtesy of African Parks

Antelope move through the project area, courtesy of African Parks/Mike Fay
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Antelope move through the project area, courtesy of African Parks/© Mike Fay

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The project landscape, courtesy of African Parks/© Mike Fay

Beisa Oryx or East African Oryx, courtesy of African Parks/Mike Fay
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Beisa Oryx or East African Oryx, courtesy of African Parks/© Mike Fay

Project Landscape with village, courtesy of African Parks
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Project Landscape with village, courtesy of African Parks

Eland in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy African Parks/Marcus Westberg
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Eland in Boma and Badingilo National Parks, courtesy of African Parks/© Marcus Westberg

Tribesman from Community Bala Mundari, courtesy African Parks/Marcus Westberg
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Tribesman from Community Bala Mundari, courtesy of African Parks/© Marcus Westberg

This project will prevent emissions comparable to

47.7B

gallons of gasoline consumed

Save Declining Populations of Unique African Species

To learn more about this extraordinary, intact wilderness and the millions of migrating animals surviving here, our partner is fitting multiple species with over 100 GPS collars. By gathering data on the migration and its parameters, much will also be learned about how to save the Endangered African Savanna Elephant and Beisa Oryx, and the Vulnerable Lion, Cheetah and Giraffe that are scattered across this landscape in small, unknown numbers.

Support Local Communities to Rebuild Biodiversity in South Sudan

Rainforest Trust and our partner will engage with the local pastoralist communities of the sparsely populated landscape to build understanding about the need to safeguard the antelope migration and protect imperiled species. Collection of baseline social and ecological data will inform a universally agreed-upon Land-Use Management Plan. The project will also support the development of sustainable enterprises, environmental education programs, and health and employment initiatives.

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