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GMFER 2019: CoP18-centered events around the world
Udzungwa, Tanzania
Organizer(s): Shubert Mwarabu, President, GMFER-TZ
Augusta, GA (USA)
Mulanje, Malawi
Organizer(s): Ida Puliwa & the Othakarhaka Foundation
Durban, South Africa
Organizer(s): Megan Carr and Prathna Singh
Johannesburg, South Africa
Organizer(s): Megan Carr & Rhinos in Africak; Smaragda Louw & Ban Animal Trading
Gabarone, Botswana
Organizer(s): Thea Khama
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Organizer(s): Adams Cassinga & Conserv Congo
Accra, Ghana
Organizer(s): Barbara Bilgre
Nairobi, Kenya
Organizer(s): Vincent Ontita & Wildlife Direct
Maasai Mara, Kenya
Organizer(s): Prince Harris Pem’s Taga & Friends of Maasai Mara
Mombasa, Kenya
Organizer(s):
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Marrakesh, Morocco
Organizer(s): Mohcine el-alji
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Maputo, Mozambique
Organizer(s): Rebecca Shoudt
Windhoek, Namibia
Organizer(s): Uschi Webb
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Kikarara, Uganda
Organizer(s): Arineitwe moses
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Organizer(s): Happy Bruno
Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe
Organizer(s): Chiratidzo E Chuchu
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Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Beijing, China
Organizer(s): Juli James
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Faridabad, India
Aceh, Indonesia
Organizer(s): Liany Sebastian and Chik Rini
Colombo Sri, Lanka
Organizer(s):Sujeewa Jasinghe, Sudarshani, Fernando, Rosemary Alles (CES and GMFER)
BEES, Thailand
Organizer(s): Emily McWilliam (BEES, Thailand)
Queensland, Australia
Organizer(s): Chris Sarjeant, Rosemary Alles
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Organizer(s): Ellie Doppenberg
Antwerpen, Belgium
Organizer(s): Crabbé Ronny
London, England
Organizer(s): Maria Mossman, Denise Dresner (AEUK)
Liverpool, England
Organizer(s): Hazel Jones
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Birmingham, England
Bristol, England
Organizer(s): Jemma Annan
Berlin, Germany
Organizer(s): Heike Altenstein and “Future for Elephants”
Munich, Germany
Organizer(s): Heike Altenstein and “Future for Elephants”
Hamburg, Germany
Organizer(s): Heike Altenstein and “Future for Elephants”
Stuttgart, Germany
Organizer(s): Irish Koch and Iris Barbara Petersen
Schweinfur, Germany
Organizer(s): Roswitha Hanowski
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Rome, Italy
Organizer(s): Stefania Rivetti
Stockholm, Sweden
Toronto, Canada
Edmonton, Canada
Organizer(s): Mary Anne Holm
Tucson, Arizona
Baltimore, Michigan
Organizer(s): Danette Shue
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Denver, Colorado
Organizer(s): Lesley Rupas (Warrior!)
Chicago, Illinois
Organizer(s): Silvana SD, Brenda Granados, Greg Reynolds
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Organizer(s): Tony Hunstiger and Inga Gibson
Las Vegas, Nevada
Organizer(s): Nancy Salazar & Debora Toro Osh
Philadelphia, PA
Organizer(s): Linda Dickinson
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Austin, Texas
Organizer(s): Judy Brey
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San Diego, California
Organizer(s): Beth Hill and Coe Lewis (Nsefu Wildlife Conservation Foundation)
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St Louis, Missouri
Organizer(s): Ashley Salazar
Orlando, Florida
Organizer(s): Tanya Allen Freymuth and the Live Freyly Sanctuary
Washington, DC
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Organizer(s): Ximena Merelle Dherve
Auckland, New Zealand
Organizer(s): Virginia Wolfe
Khenifra, Morocco
Organizer(s): FatimaZahra Taghlaoui and Barb Mackraz (Olive Seed Foundation)
Khouribga, Morocco
Organizer(s): Mohcine El-alji, FatimaZahra Taghlaoui and Barb Mackraz (Olive Seed Foundation)
Mole National Park, Ghana
Kumasi Zoological Gardens, Ghana
Nsefu, Zambia
Organizer(s): Coe Lewis and Beth Hill (Nsefu Wildlife Conservation Foundation)
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New York, USA
Jakarta, Indonesia
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Organizer(s): Leitah Mkhabela Leitah, a Black Mamba Ranger.
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Memphis, USA
Los Angles, USA
Organizer(s): Kiersten Cluster from Elephant Guardians of Los Angeles.
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CAMPAIGNS & HIGHLIGHTS

CITES CoP18, Sri Lanka Geneva, May 2019
The largest wildlife conference in the world governing international trade in endangered species will be held in Sri Lanka Geneva in May 2019.
MORE about CoP18→

Mambas in the Park (MTP)
Many members of the indigenous African communities surrounding Kruger National Park have never seen an elephant or a rhino. Descendants of families who were forced off their land during the creation of the Park, they are cut off from their magnificent wild heritage and the benefits of conservation by generational poverty and the legacy of apartheid. Enter Mambas in the Park (MTP), a program offered by GMFER in partnership with Transfrontier Africa and the Black Mambas. Recognizing that conservation initiatives are not sustainable without the participation of those who live in closest proximity to wild areas, Mambas in the Park brings members of these communities, especially children, into the park with the aim of fostering a life-long appreciation for wildlife. Help us bring more kids to Kruger!
“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught.”
Baba Dioum, Senegalese conservationist
More about MTP→

The Music of Change
Shubert Mwarabu is a charismatic Tanzanian musician-activist who inspires young Africans to respond to the crises facing wildlife. The effectiveness and appeal of Shubert’s music has been noticed and amplified by Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and by National Geographic, among others. GMFER is working to help Shubert set up a dedicated recording studio in Dar es Salaam that will allow him to broadcast into the hinterlands, engaging more of the local population in storytelling and music relating to conservation. Shubert needs your help to make the studio a reality!
MORE about Shubert’s studio→

A Mini Forest in Faridabad
From a barren area covered in trash, teenager Samarrth Khanna and his Mini Forest Brigade created a verdant space for people and wildlife in the middle of the city of Faridabad. Samarrth is the founder of “Society Empowered for the Welfare of Animals and Mankind” (S.E.W.A.M.), an organization that engages children and others in understanding and appreciating animals and the environment via hands-on projects and education. GMFER partnered with Samarrth to help make the urban forest a reality, and will be providing ongoing support to the Mini Forest Brigade.
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Send an Urgent Message to CITES Reps @ CoP18
The earth and its creatures, human and animal are at a crossroads; climate change is upon us, as is the escalating loss of wild places; droughts, floods and dwindling wild habitat impose hitherto unimagined stresses on the last remaining populations of iconic wild creatures, cornering them into increasingly smaller fragments of degraded wilderness. In this climate, CITES must reject the call by member nations to assign our wild brothers and sisters a designation that dismisses their sentience, their culture, their splendor and their plight. They are not a “product”; they are fellow travellers who share our earth; the idea that humans and non-humans are indivisible constituents of the same web of life is an idea whose time has come.
“Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support system. We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own – indeed to embrace the whole of creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. Recognizing that sustainable development, democracy and peace are indivisible is an idea whose time has come.”
– Wangari Maathai,Revolutionary Kenyan Social and Environmental Justice Advocate, Nobel Laureate
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The Crisis
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