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The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) supports giraffe projects throughout their natural range which have strong conservation and management links. Due to a lack of understanding of much of giraffe's natural history, key research which provides baseline for conservation and management is missing to answer the bigger questions.

Surveying the Thornicroft's giraffe, Luangwa Valley, Zambia Photo: Julie Maher

Throughout their range, giraffe face numerous threats which are ever increasing; however giraffe have not appeared high up on the conservation agenda of many countries or NGOs, and it is now timely to promote their conservation at a time when real impacts on their numbers and range are happening.

Therefore, with a need to understand so much more about giraffe, the GCF seeks to provide targeted support to projects that will provide a better understand of the science and issues, and as such provide essential conservation and management solutions for the species' long-term sustainability.