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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.

Photo credit : © Wildlife Conservation Society 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 S. Ringim (WACN)

Striped Ground Squirre

Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus), Wawa Forest Reserve, northeastern Nigeria.

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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 leads 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.

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West African Conservation Network (WACN)

Mission Statement

Roan Antelopes

Striped Ground Squirre

More about WACN

Our Plans

Wildlife Conservation

Socioeconomic Development for Neighboring Communities

Financial Sustenance

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Dr. Sally Moore

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