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6 International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Company registered number 2701278 Trustees’ report (continued) the government of the Republic of Ireland. The final leg of the beaked whale research project occurred in March of 2011. SOTW sailed in May and June of 2011 conducting an English Channel porpoise survey and ship noise measurements in the English Channel. In July of 2011 (fiscal year 2012), SOTW sailed to London and then embarked to Jersey with members of IFAW to take an anti-whaling message to this year’s meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). In mid July through mid August, SOTW was contracted by the Cape Farewell charity to conduct a Herbrides (Scotland) Expedition. In late August of 2011, SOTW sailed The Minch in Scotland for one week completing the ship noise measurement research that began in June. Programmatic goals and accomplishments The Trustees confirm they have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit. IFAW administers its programme activities through its Department of Programmes, which comprises the following priority areas: • Whales • Seals • Elephants • Wildlife trade • Companion animals (helping dogs and cats) • Animal Rescue (which includes emergency response and wildlife rehabilitation/sanctuary) • Animal action education initiative • Regional Priorities (hunting with hounds in the UK, tigers in China, India and Russia, marine turtles in the Caribbean and wolves in Germany) Further, IFAW’s Animal Action Week initiative, which is conducted in primary schools, educates children about animals and their habitats. During fiscal year 2011, the Animal Action education theme focused on saving the last of the wild tigers and special initiatives, such as the Roar! Global Youth Voices compilation of videos from children around the world in support of tiger conservation. IFAW integrated the video into the Global Tiger Summit held in St. Petersburg. Through a combination of direct expenses and grants, working as an integral part of IFAW’s international campaigns, IFAW Charity made significant contributions to the organisation’s strategic priorities in fiscal year 2011. IFAW Charity expenditures for institutional support services helps to fund mostly U.S.-based staff and facilities responsible for programme policy and leadership, direct -mail education and awareness production and logistics, and supporter services for all of IFAW global animal welfare campaigns and projects. In addition to direct funding of strategic priority campaigns, during fiscal year 2011, the Charity provided grant funding to IFAW US totalling £15 million. This funding contributed to IFAW’s animal welfare work in our Middle East, India, East Africa, Russia, and Washington DC offices as well as initiatives such as IFAW’s global online presence, communications and public outreach efforts on behalf of all our animal welfare campaigns. ELEPHANTS IFAW is working to ensure elephants live free in secure and viable habitats and to eliminate threats to elephants from the ivory trade. IFAW’s efforts address elephant populations throughout Africa and Asia. During fiscal year 2011, IFAW Charity expended approximately £502 thousand on awareness and advocacy for elephant protection.
7 International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Company registered number 2701278 Trustees’ report (continued) During fiscal year 2011, IFAW Charity used direct mail initiatives to educate supporters about threats to elephants and their habitats. Further, supporters were asked to take actions to protect elephants and their habitats. During fiscal year 2011, the Charity provided grant funding to IFAW US totalling £4.4 million of which £479 thousand helped fund elephant activities as follows: IFAW takes a holistic approach to habitat protection that focuses not only on entire populations but also on individual animals. For several years, we’ve provided funds to purchase habitat for elephants and other wildlife. This year, IFAW was able to expand important corridors and dispersal areas that allow for elephant movements in ecosystems such as Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa. A fence between two sections of the park was taken down, enlarging the habitat. The expanded territory was made possible by an IFAW donation which was used to purchase land. IFAW-Kenya Wildlife Service Tsavo Conservation Area, East Africa Tsavo National Park, at 22,000 square kilometres, is Kenya’s largest national park. Because of its size, it’s divided into Tsavo West and Tsavo East. The IFAW-Kenya Wildlife Service Tsavo Conservation Area (KWS TCA) project is based on the premise that effective habitat conservation management must embrace a holistic approach addressing six key thematic areas: 1. Basic park operations, 2. Law enforcement, 3. Human wildlife conflict resolution, 4. Management oriented research, 5. Conservation education and 6. Community conservation. IFAW seeks to showcase this project as a model of habitat wildlife management and conservation in East, West and Central Africa. Tsavo Conservation Area is the largest contiguous protected area in Kenya, and is home to Kenya’s biggest single population of African elephants. It comprises three National Parks, three National Reserves, ranches, farms and community lands. The overall objective of IFAW / KWS TCA project is to reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity in the Tsavo Ecosystem by minimizing negative impacts of commercial poaching, human-wildlife conflict, loss of habitat, and improving community awareness and sustainable benefits related to wildlife conservation. This will be achieved through and enhancing basic park operations and infrastructure, law enforcement, human-wildlife conflict resolution, research, conservation education and community conservation. It will be done over a period of five years and this is the sixth year of implementation Amboseli National Park, Kenya The Amboseli ecosystem covers an area of about 5,700 square kilometers (2,200 square miles) stretching between Mt. Kilimanjaro, Chyulu Hills, Tsavo West National Park and the Kenya and Tanzania borders. Administratively, the ecosystem consists of Amboseli National Park and six surrounding group ranches. The park’s 390 square kilometers (150 square miles) contains less than 10% of the ecosystem, making dispersal to the surrounding group ranches a critical factor for the well-being of elephants and wildlife in general. About 1,400 elephants live in the Amboseli ecosystem. However, due to poor land-use and management policies, the Amboseli area is becoming increasingly fragmented. Therefore, IFAW’s primary strategic
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