These achievements reflect the power of long-term, science-based conservation paired with strong local partnerships and dedicated ranger teams working on the front lines. We are deeply grateful to the SwissAfrican Foundation for its generous support and continued trust, which made these conservation successes possible and is helping secure a lasting future for Botswana's iconic wildlife. Thank you!

Dereck, Beverly and the Great Plains Foundation Team
Rhino Monitoring, Botswana
2025 - Support the Rhino Monitoring in Botswana - Donation of USD 10'000

The rangers in Botswana took part in a comprehensive training program in Conservation Storytelling improving their ability to document and share their work with clarity and impact.

The rangers developed detailed observation skills, learned structured interview techniques, and practiced turning patrol insights into well-structured reports. The training will also help the rangers to share stories of life on the front line of conservation with their communities and donors.

Summary of 2025
Further reading
Confirmation Letter 2025
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Year 2024
Rhino Monitoring, Botswana
2024 - Support the Rhino Monitoring in Botswana - Donation of USD 10'000

The patrolling and monitoring continue as the priority for the rhino monitoring teams. The teams continue to develop and grow to ensure the long-term protection of this critical species. Several new calves, both males and females, were welcomed. Every calf born wild is hope for this species and confirmation of the strategies in place to protect them.
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Year 2023
Rhino Monitoring, Botswana
2023 - Support the Rhino Monitoring in Botswana - Donation of USD 10'000

We are proud to announce that in the area where our monitoring takes place, no rhino has been poached in recent years whereas we saw a drastic decline in rhino numbers in other areas in Botswana over the same period.
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Year 2022
Rhino Monitoring, Botswana
2022 - Support the Rhino Monitoring in Botswana - Donation of USD 10'000

Rhino Without Borders (RWB) is continuing the strategy of increasing wildlife monitoring of existing rhinos in the Okavango Delta instead of re-locating more animals from South Africa due to the current situation that Covid has created with the devastating loss of tourism and its economic support.
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Year 2021
Rhino Monitoring, Botswana
2021 - Support the Rhino Monitoring in Botswana - Donation of USD 10'000

Conservation in Africa in 2021 is still a big challenge. Due to Covid-19, tourists are staying away and funds for nature conservation are lacking. It is absolutely vital that the rangers can continue to do their job and protect the rhinos.
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Year 2020
Covid-19 Support Rhino Monitoring, Botswana
2020 - Support the Rhino Monitoring in Botswana - Donation of USD 10'000

Conservation in Africa in 2020 is a bigger challenge than ever. Due to Covid-19, tourists are staying away and funds for nature conservation are lacking. It is absolutely vital that the rangers can continue to do their job and protect the rhinos.
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Year 2019
Community Outreach, Botswana
2019 - Community outreach in Botswana - Donation of US$ 20,000

Long-term conservation is only possible with the support and partnership of local communities. Great Plains Foundation recognizes this critical element and is working with local communities to engage them in positive and constructive conservation strategies related to the relocated rhino.
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Rhino Monitoring, Botswana
2019 - Support the Rhino Monitoring in Botswana - Donation of US$ 20,000

Following the successful introduction of rhinos in Botswana, our ultimate goal is to protect and safeguard the rhinos. The ultimate legacy of Rhinos Without Borders is future generations of wild rhino.
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Our partner
Dereck & Beverly Joubert - Great Plains Foundation
Dereck and Beverly Joubert are globally recognized, award-winning filmmakers, conservationists, and National Geographic explorers-in-large based in Botswana. Their mission for more than 30 years has been the conservation of key wildlife species, with a focus on large predators. They are the owners of Great Plains Conservation, which operates some of the most beautiful camps in Botswana and Kenya. Through the Great Plains Foundation, various nature conservation projects are driven forward.
The Jouberts have published 12 books, produced 30 films for National Geographic, and written half a dozen scientific papers as well as many articles for National Geographic magazine. They have received 8 Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a Grand Teton Award, multiple Golden Panda Awards, a World Ecology Award (along with Britain’s Prince Charles, Sylvia Earle, and paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey), and a Presidential Order of Merit awarded by Botswana’s ex-president, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, for their conservation work.

The Jouberts’ films have received widespread attention and have been viewed by millions of people. Films like «Eternal Enemies», «The Last Lions», «Soul of the Elephant» and their masterpiece «Eye of the Leopard» are known world-wide. For more information, please visit their website www.wildlifefilms.co

All of Dereck & Beverly's work has one goal: to save the wild areas of Africa and protect the wildlife that depends on them. The President of Botswana described them aptly when he said, "Theirs is a life long passion; for each other, for big cats, for Africa...they are true "children of Africa."
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