Mission Statement
WACN’s mission is to secure, and restore depleted wilderness areas after having secured binding agreements with relevant government authorities whose jurisdiction the given wilderness area lies in. We restore by protecting the depleted wilderness area, and then reintroducing lost species with an aim to as much as possible, return the depleted wilderness area’s depleted biodiversity back to its original levels of intact biodiversity.
Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzees
A small group of Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ellioti) in...
Silverback Cross River Gorilla
A silverback Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) from the...
Common hippopotamus
Common hippopotamus (hippopotamus amphibius), Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria.
Tantalus Monkey
Tantalus monkey (Chlorocebus tantalus), Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria. Photo...
More about WACN
Our Plans
West African Conservation Network or WACN is an organisation with a focus on securing and restoring depleted wilderness areas in partnership with relevant authorities.
Wildlife Conservation
At WACN, we are very passionate about restoration of indigenous wildlife populations, and showing that healthy indigenous wildlife populations lead to healthier ecosystems, which in turn impacts the climate positively. Well managed wilderness areas can also heavily improve the lives of surrounding rural communities socioeconomically.
Socioeconomic Development for Neighboring Communities
WACN believes that without the co-operation of neighbouring communities, wilderness areas in the modern world can not thrive. With this in mind, all our wilderness area projects must encompass sustainable benefits for neighboring communities as part of the project in order to ensure success.
Financial Sustenance
In all our projects, one of our main long-term goals is to ensure that the project is able to generate enough revenue to continue to fund itself perpetually. This is why we take ecotourism very seriously as part of our project as well as other potential areas of revenue generation.
Photo credit : © WCS Nigeria
Roan Antelopes
Some young and upcoming roan antelopes (Hippotragus equinus) at a Yankari salt-lick, with western hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus major) in the background – these two species of antelope seem to be doing very well in Yankari in recent years thanks to the protection efforts of WCS Nigeria.
Photo credit : © Abubakar Ringim
A Serval
A serval (Leptailurus serval) photographed along the road at the Yankari Game Reserve in Nigeria. (Photo by Abubakar Ringim/WACN)
Photo credit : © Abubakar Ringim (WACN)
West African Hartebeest
West African Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus major), Yankari Game Reserve, Nigeria.
Photo credit : © Abubakar Ringim (WACN)
Adult Male Defassa Waterbuck
An adult male defassa waterbuck (kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) at the Yankari Game Reserve in northeastern Nigeria.
