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What the Giants Club Summit Achieved

Over 200 people attended the Summit in Laikipia, Kenya, which raised over $5 million dollars in support of Giants Club's iniatives across Africa

Emilia Hungerford
Monday 04 July 2016 16:45 BST
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From the 28th-30th April a historic moment in the world of global conservation was achieved when three African heads of state, 98 business leaders, key influencers and conservation experts were brought together for the purpose of ensuring a future for elephants and the landscapes they depend on, forever.

The Giants Club Summit achieved:

1. Political Will: The four Giants Club Presidents of Kenya, Gabon, Uganda and Botswana announced major conservation interventions for the protection and management of their elephants in support of the Elephant Protection Initiative.

2. Technical capacity: These conservation interventions centre on the protection of elephants in the wild, the management of human-elephant conflict, and smart new ways to fund the maintenance of key elephant refuges.

3. Financial Resources: Financiers and donors pledged more than $5 million in funding to support the implementation of these new conservation interventions.

4. Key influencers: In total, over 200 delegates attended including African governments, senior delegations from the US, Europe, China, Russia, the United Nations, leading financiers and philanthropists, conservation experts, as well as celebrity influencers.

Together, the Giants Club member states are home to more than half of Africa's remaining savannah elephants, and three quarters of its remaining forest elephants. Actions agreed at the Summit will give these populations the greatest chance to thrive for generations to come.

To watch a video summarising the Summit and what it achieved, click here.

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