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PAMS

Krissie Clark, Ally Namangaya &

(the late) Wayne Lotter, Directors 

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A Big Tusker

One of a precious few remaining

PAMS Foundation is a Tanzania-based not-for-profit conservation organisation, whose mission is to sustain and conserve biodiversity, wilderness areas, key habitats, and ecological processes through actions that benefit nature and communities.

 

Among its achievements, PAMS Foundation has played a critical role in helping to turn around Tanzania’s elephant poaching crisis. PAMS Foundation partners with Tanzania’s National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit (NTSCIU).

 

More recently, PAMS has been supporting the close collaboration and integration of operations between this elite task force and a newly-created special wildlife and forestry crime unit under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT). This innovative multi-agency intelligence-led approach to wildlife protection targets poachers, buyers and high-level traders in urban areas, followed by thorough and professional case preparation and prosecution to secure convictions.

 

PAMS Foundation also works with rangers and communities in and around conservation areas, providing training, environmental education, human-wildlife conflict mitigation strategies and wildlife protection support. PAMS has been providing conservation support to Tanzania since early 2009.

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Tragically, on the 16th August 2017 Wayne Lotter, a leading conservationist and one of PAMS' Directors, died in the line of duty. His contribution to conservation was immense and he will be sorely missed by everyone who had the privilege of knowing and working with him. However, his legacy will live on through his dedicated colleagues at PAMS and their incredible work.

What PAMS does

  • Support wildlife trafficking law enforcement 

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  • Provide anti-poaching strategies as well as necessary equipment and operational support

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  • Train rangers, law enforcement officers and intelligence agents​​​

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  • Support community conservation projects, including human-wildlife conflict mitigation and environmental education

How Olsen Animal Trust helps

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  • Protection of elephants in The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) via sponsorship of a collaring and monitoring programme​

     The programme facilitates:​​​​

  •   the analysis of field and tracking data that can be used by trusted law enforcement teams to ensure the protection of the elephant

      population in this area

  •   the determination of hotspot areas for human-elephant conflict (HEC) enabling mitigation measures to be implemented​

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  • The OAT sponsored programme also assists with the monitoring of black rhino in the NCA

Project Images - hover over for details

The brand new elephant collars
An elephant being collared
Lotter, a big tusker named after Wayne
The Olsen's meet with the team
One of the data collection teams
Ngorongoro Crater
High density lion populations
Humans & wildlife living side-by-side
Rhino stronghold

For further information on the work of PAMS please visit pamsfoundationtanzania.org

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