Africa Nature Investors Foundation

Africa Nature Investors Foundation (ANI Foundation) is a Nigerian not-for-profit organisation focused on the sustainable management of protected areas with outstanding biodiversity value. It works in partnership with local communities and government, and describes its approach as combining ranger-led law enforcement, community engagement and development, delivered through long-term management and partnership agreements. The foundation's stated belief is that protected areas can serve as engines for the development of local communities and the country as a whole. ANI Foundation operates in two landscapes in Nigeria: Gashaka Gumti National Park and the Okomu Elephant Landscape. Its work is organised around several pillars: biodiversity management, law enforcement, community development, sustainable finance, and research and monitoring. It also focuses on combatting the illegal wildlife trade. A central element of its model is the Public Private Partnership (PPP) co-management agreement, which it established for both Gashaka and Okomu, enabling private sector investment into Nigeria's national parks. The organisation was founded in response to what it describes as the limited involvement of African leadership in African conservation. Its aim is to catalyse the participation of Africans while attracting capital and expertise from across the continent, demonstrating that nature and people can benefit from each other. ANI Foundation seeks to make Africa's nature and wildlife a source of pride for Africans and to show that conservation can drive sustainable economic development. It argues that over 80% of protected areas in Africa are insufficiently funded, and that neither government nor philanthropy alone can prevent the biodiversity crisis, so private sector investment is needed. ANI Foundation is headquartered at St Nicholas House (10th Floor), Catholic Mission Street, Lagos, Nigeria. It is a not-for-profit organisation and is not listed on any stock exchange. Its work is concentrated in Nigeria, which it describes as the most populated country in Africa and one of the most biodiverse on the continent, with exceptional levels of amphibian, primate and floral diversity, especially in its coastal rainforests and along the Cameroon volcanic chain of mountains to the east.

Africa Nature Investors Foundation (ANI Foundation) is a Nigerian not-for-profit organisation. According to its own account, it began in response to the limited involvement of African leadership in African conservation. The founders wanted to catalyse the participation of Africans while attracting capital and expertise from across the continent into the conservation sector, demonstrating that nature and people can benefit from each other. The organisation's stated aim is to make Africa's nature and wildlife a source of pride for Africans and to demonstrate that conservation can drive sustainable economic development. ANI Foundation focuses on the sustainable management of protected areas with outstanding biodiversity value, working in partnership with communities and government. It provides this through ranger-led law enforcement, community engagement and development, delivered through long-term management and partnership agreements. The foundation believes that protected areas can be engines for the development of local communities and the country, and it aims to establish enabling conditions for private sector investment to sustain protected areas, reducing their dependency on philanthropy and government spending. A central development in the organisation's history is the establishment of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) co-management model for both Gashaka Gumti National Park and the Okomu Elephant Landscape. ANI Foundation states that over 80% of protected areas in Africa are insufficiently funded, and that there is not enough money from governments or philanthropy to prevent the biodiversity crisis facing the planet. It therefore believes the private sector can provide the additional funds needed for wildlife conservation, which is why it established the PPP co-management model enabling private sector investment into Nigeria's national parks. ANI Foundation currently works in two landscapes: Gashaka Gumti National Park and the Okomu Elephant Landscape. It also focuses on combatting the illegal wildlife trade. Its work is organised around biodiversity management, law enforcement, community development, sustainable finance, and research and monitoring. The foundation is headquartered at St Nicholas House (10th Floor), Catholic Mission Street, Lagos, Nigeria.

• ANI Foundation established a Public Private Partnership co-management model for Gashaka Gumti National Park and the Okomu Elephant Landscape.

A Nigerian not-for-profit conservation organisation that uses public-private partnership co-management to fund and manage protected areas, aiming to reduce dependence on philanthropy and government spending.

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