West African Conservation Network (WACN)
WACN is a not-for-profit organisation headquartered in the United Kingdom and Nigeria with a focus on adequately securing, restoring, and making wilderness areas self-sufficient in the long-term.
The concept and vision for West African Conservation Network was born by our founder, businessman Patrick Ogbonnia Egwu, who’s passion for wildlife emanates from childhood. As an organisation, our ambition is to collaborate with governments and turn-around the fortunes of depleted wilderness areas into restored wildlife hotspots over time.
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.
Male Lion
A big male lion (Panthera leo) in the wilds of the Yankari Game Reserve, Nigeria.
Male Leopard
A male leopard (Panthera pardus) walks by a camera-trap at night in the wilderness of the Yankari Game Reserve in northeastern Nigeria. WACN founder and President argues that; one-on-one, a bold male leopard is the 2nd most formidable land predator in Africa after the lion. Indeed, video blogs on the lives of once notorious and mighty male leopards in South Africa such as the Camp Pan male can attest to how formidable and capable male leopards in particular can be. At WACN, we love leopards!
More about WACN
Wildlife Conservation
Socioeconomic Development for Neighboring Communities
Financial Sustenance
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