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Orangutan
Foundation
The Orangutan
Foundation
is working to save orangutans
by protecting
their tropical forest habitat, working		 with
local communities,
and promoting
research and education.
The Orangutan
Foundation
operates five orangutan
post-release
monitoring
camps within the Lamandau
Wildlife Reserve, a resenre spanning
almost 160,000acres in Indonesia
Borneo. At these camps, field teams
care for orphaned
orangutans
in a soft release programme
and continuously
monitor orangutans
in surrounding
forest.
The young orangutans
in the soft-release
programme
leam forest skills necessary for life in the wild, and once
fully prepared
are ready forrelease.
From time to time, situations
arise where the team help with the rescue and translocation
oforangutans
stranded
in threatened
areas, such as community
land and fragmented
sections offorest. Veterinary assistance
ensures the highest welfare standards
are available to expertly treat these orangutans
straight away before
release into the Lamandau
Wildlife Reserve.
In 2022, Action forthe Wild donated R7,000forthe vet's annual salary to provide critical veterinary
aid,
contributing
towards the cost oforangutan
monitoring
in the forest and providing
equipment
for a new veterinary
clinic in Pangkalan
Bun, essenfial for wildlife rescues and translocations.
ECL(Association
Europhenne
pour I'etude et la Conservation
des Lemuriens)
AEECL aims toadvance the understanding
and conservation
ofMadagascar's
lemurs through
scientific
research, captive propagation
and protection oftheir natural
habitat.
In 2022, Action forthe Wild donated
its R1,712.48 membership
fee.
The Sahamalaza
region
in Madagascar has been the AEECL's focus ofscientific and conservation
interest		 since
1988.The AEECL aims to protect the habitat and ecosystems
within the Sahamalaza
peninsula,
monitor and
increase lemur populations
and bea strong conservation
ambassador
forthe area.
In 2022, AEECL undertook a range of activities such asforest monitoring;
reforestation
of150bags of
mangrove
propagules
in the village ofAntafiatabalaka
and 30,000young plants over an area of20hectares		 in
Mahialambo
Rural Commune
Ampandiiakilandy
Antsohihy;
subsidised 78teachers; met secondary school
students
who receive an AEECL grant to provide encouragement
in advance oftheir national exams and
pledged to give more scholarships
forthe five best students
who want to pursue
university
studies; and took		 part
in various celebration
days such as World Environment
Day and aworkshop to create a Protected Areas
Manager Platform for Sofia Region.
By investing
in local communities
through
education,
resource management
and communication,
this helps
ensure the communities
oftoday can forge a safe haven for wildlife tomorrow.
Elephant Orphanage
Project
The Elephant Orphanage
Project (EOP) is working to rescue, rehabilitate
and release orphaned
elephants asa
direct result ofpoaching.
In 2022, Action forthe Wild donated Z10,000to help provide food and medical treatment
for the orphans
and		 to
support the wage ofone ofthe elephant caregivers,
Aaron, who has worked at the project since 2012.
At the end of2022, a total of25orphans were under the Elephant Orphanage
Project's care or monitoring
spanning
the sixstages ofrelease, with 2new rescues over the year. The youngest,
Chikumbi,
was rescued
from Rufunsa
which has always been a hotspot for orphans
and has now seen 16orphan rescues since the
EOP's inception.
The project has two camps; Lilayi Elephant
Nursery where keepers provide constant care and feeding for5
young orphans,
and the Kafue Release Facility, where 13orphans that need less time with humans are
prepared for release back into the wild, but which come back to the protective boma overnight.
Afurther 7orphans
move freely within
Kafue National
Park; 5ofthese spend nights outside the boma but do
return
on occasions tojoin the orphan herd, and 2 live in the wild full time.
2022 saw orphan
matriarch
Chamilandu
finally leave the security ofthe release facility to form a wild based		 herd
with her calf Mutaanzi
and age mates Tafika, Mosi and Rufunsa where they have been seen moving
comfortably
amongst
wild Kafue herds.
Much of2022 was absorbed
with rebuilding
a new home for the elephant
orphans
in Lusaka National
Park and
to create an education
and awareness
space that really will shape the future ofconservation
through
our future
generations.
Centre de Rehabilitation
des Primates de Lwiro
The Centre de Rehabilitation
des Primates de Lwiro (CRPL) works tocare for and rehabilitate
orphaned
primates. Since 2002, the centre has rescued 128chimpanzees,
most conliscated
from poachers as a bywatch
ofbushmeat
hunting.
The CRPL offers a permanent
solubon forthe increasing
number oforphaned
great apes confiscated around
Kahuzi-Biega
National
Park in the Democratic Republic ofCongo.

In 2022, Action forthe Wild donated R5,000to provide the 288animals
in the care ofthe CRPL with a high
standard
ofnutrition.
Action forthe Wild's 2022 donafion was used to provide fresh fruit and vegetables
for CRPL's primates
and
parrots for7weeks in the period June 2022 to July 2022.
This funding
helps local communities,
as the sanctuary
buys all the food from local markeb',
helping
them tosee
the benefits ofhaving the sanctuary
in their vilhge and increasing
their acceptance ofconservation.
Byassisting
with the running
costs, CRPL can continue to receive confiscated animals and contribute
to Congolese
law in
protecting these primates
from poaching and the pet trade.
Free the Bears
Free the Bears (FTB)are working
to protect, preserve and enrich the lives ofbears throughout
the world by
offering asafe sanctuary
for bears rescued from the illegal wildlife trade.
In 2022, Action for the Wikf donated R7,000to install solar powered
lights and improve water sustainability
at the
Luang Prabang
Wildlife Sanctuary. This helps to alleviate concerns over security and water supply provision,
through
the purchase ofsolar-powered
water pumps to recycle bear pool water and reduce consumption
during
the dry season.
With 21 bears rescued across Cambodia,
Laos and Vietnam
in 2022 (many ofthem young cubs), work has
continued
on the development
ofnew bear houses, with Bear House 7opening
fora pair ofmoon bears, and
building
work commencing
forBearHouse 8 in order to house the rapidly-growing
cubs in the nursery.
In 2022, more than 50bear health checks took place and FTB's animal care teams benefitted
from further
training
in animal welfare thanks toajoint programme
with Wikl Welfare. Programme
managers
from each
sanctuary
gottogether foraseries ofmeetings on consbucbon
design, staff training
and general strategy for the
coming years, typically coinciding
with the rescue ofbears in all three sanctuary
countries;
only the second time
in FTB's history that the~e had rescues in all three countries
in the same week.
2022 saw a number ofmilestones
in the fight to end the practice ofbear bile farming,
with South Korea formally
announcing
a commitment
to ending the practice by the end of2025, and the number ofrescued bears in
sanctuaries
across Laos and Vietnam
outnumbering
the number ofbears remaining
in bile farms forthe first
time in almost two decades.
Vulpro
ANcan vultures are some ofthe most threatened
species on the planet with some populations
having dedined
by over 80'/0 in the last three decades. VulPro isworking to halt this decline ofvultures
throughout
Africa.
Part ofthe work that VulPro has been partaking
in for many years is in-situ, breeding
population
monitoring,
induding
ANcan white-backed
vulture
(Gyps afiicanus) breeding surveys. These surveys
include walked
transects ofnesting sites, gathering
data to aid the understanding
ofbreeding success and what factors might
be driving
this success, as well as nest site selection. These data are important
to understand
which sites to
protect in order to conserve these birds.
Nest sites are repeatedly
surveyed
at the beginning ofevery breeding season (between
May and June 2023)
and again at the end ofthe breeding season (between September and October 2023).This allows fora record
ofhow many nests are active atthe beginning
ofthe season and how many at the end, providing a measure of
breeding success. During each ofthese surveys,
new nests and their variables are also recorded.
During 2022, VulPro monitored
sixcape vulture cohnies across the northern
parts ofSouth Nrica. Atotal of
2,036active nests were observed
during the initial survey. Furthermore,
the ANcan white-backed
vulture tree
nesting survey efforts covered atotal ofthree areas, comprising 23properbes and 187active nests.
VulPro's cNf monitoring,
which focuses on the northern
parts ofthe cape vulture
population,
is home to
approximately
50to 60/0 ofthe entire breeding
population.
Each ofthe six colonies monitored
have shown a
slight increase
in the number ofbreixting
pairs. Between the three African white-backed
vulture sites, the
breeding success rate ranged between 69and 74/o.
Action forthe Wild donated F4,287.92 in 2022 to enable the researchers
to stay near the field sites to conduct
the monitoring
and to purchase
the necessary equipment
forthe survey work.
Comparison
ofannual
monitoring
results is critical as all Afi1can vulture species continue to rapidly decline
across their ranges.
Komodo Survival Program
The Komodo Survival
Program aims to protect and monitor Komodo dragons and their habitat with the
involvement
ofthe local community.
In 2022, Action forthe Wild donated f885.98to support this projecL
In 2022,a new five year cooperation
agreement was signed focusing on strengthening
monitoring
and
conservation
in Komodo dragon
distribution
areas beyond protected areas on Flores Island. Capacity building of
staff, stakeholder
engagement,
community
awareness
and education
programmes
for local communities
are the
pnonty agenda forthe next five years.

In 2022, a Komodo dragon
population
monitoring
programme
was conducted
on Longos Island on western
Flores and Ontoloe Island on northern
Flores. Camera trapping was carried out to monitor the long-term
population
trends and live trapping
to observe the Komodo dragon demographics
and body size on the small
island populations.
Twenty and thirteen camera trapping
locations were used on Longos Island and Ontoloe
Island respectively.
Morphological
measurements,
such as:head length, head width, total body length, snout tovent length (SVL),
weight etc.,were taken from each dragon caught and newly captured dragons were fitted with a transponder to
mark and identify each individual.
Four dragons were caught on each island.
The monitoring
results were disseminated
to heads ofvillages and local community
members
to increase local
community
awareness
and encourage them to be involved
in Komodo dragon conservation
efforts beyond
protected areas.
Throughout
the rest of2022, Komodo dragon population
monitoring
was conducted atWae Wuul Nature
Reserve„training was conducted for local community
patrol members
on the SMART Patrol application
for better
patrolling
activities and planning,
and the SMART Patrol application
was implemented
in the local community
patrol activities at Torong Padang.
Red Panda Network Forest Guardian
Sponsorship
Scheme
The Red Panda Network is committed to the conservation
ofwild red pandas and their habitat through
the
education
and empowerment
oflocal communities.
Acbon for the Wild teams up annually
with other European Zoos to support aforest guardian
scheme and
donated 8214.06 in 2022.Aforest guardian
monitors
and protects red panda habitats, as well as educates
communities
on the importance
ofthe species.
The forest guardian
team has grown to over 100members
and will continue to increase with recruitments
in the
3new districts ofeastern Nepal. Since 2014,Action forthe Wild has worked with other European zoos to
sponsor up to 15forest guardians.
The funds are used for capacity and skili-building
training,
supporting
children and siblings
with education
scholarships,
distributing
improved
cooking stoves, and providing
guardians
with field gear and monitoring
equipment
All forest guardians
receive training
on community-based
red panda monitoring
and anti-poaching
patrolling
which includes training
on camera trap handling,
installation,
and data management
to enable them		 to
monitor their red panda monitoring
blocks on a quarterly
basis, conduct bi-annual
anti-poaching
patrolling,
install
camera traps and establish
new monitoring
blocks.
This support benefits not only the red pandas, but provides employment
and development
within the local
community,
giving them asense ofpride in protecting
this endangered
species, with income generated
from
sustainable
means.
International
Otter Survival
Fund
The International
Otter Survival
Fund is working to provide aseries ofcapacity building
workshops
to train
conservationists,
government
otficials and other similar stakeholders
to engage with otters, demonstrate
techniques
in education,
research, dealing
with threats and other similar conservation
issues.
In 2022, Action forthe Wild donated f4,910tothe International
Otter Survival
Fund to help run their sixth Asian
(eighth
in total) workshop,
this time in Malaysia. Previous workshops
have been held in Cambodia,
Indonesia,
Bangladesh,
China, Lao PDR, Tanzania and Guyana.
During the Malaysian
workshop,
IOSFpartnered
with the Malaysia
Nature Society (MNS) and Malaysian
Otter
Network
(MON). The workshop
was held at Kuala Selangor Nature Park, which isa protected area in the
Selangor region ofPeninsula
Malaysia.
In Asia there are very few scientists working
on otters and their habitats. Following this series ofinternational
Otter Survival
Fund workshops,
work is now ongoing
in communities,
through
country networks
linked together
by the Asian Otter Conservation
Network.
During the Malaysian
workshop, 71attendees
took part, either in person orvirtually
through
Zoom sessions.		 The
workshop
covered topics such as global otter conservation,
surveying
techniques,
education
and illegal trade
issues.
HelpSimus
Helpsimus
works to protect the greater bamboo lemur in Madagascar
through
the Bamboo Lemur Programme,
which combines scientwc monitoring
ofthe species, protecting
its habitat,
supporting
the development
ofthe
nearby villages and financing the education oflocal children.
The greater bamboo lemur is one ofthe most threatened
lemurs ofMadagascar.
Helpsimus
is based close to
the National Park ofRanomafana
but in an unprotected
zone, located at the heart ofthe agricultural
land of
several villages inhabited
by the largest wild population
ofgreater bamboo lemurs (almost 600specimens).
In 2022, Action for the Wild donated F1,035to Helpsimus
to deliver its conservation
activities.

Three components
make up Helpsimus'
strategy: an environmental
component to idenNy the priority
conservation
areas on the programme
site, improving
knowledge
about the eco-ethology ofthe species and
working on resolving
human/lemur
conflicts; a socio-economic component to improve the standard ofliving of
the local populations
by helping to secure the products oftheir harvest and improving
yields, developing
new
revenue generating
activities,
building
infrastructure
and means ofcommunication,
and implementing
better
hygiene practices to improve the health ofthe communities,
and an educational
component to improve
awareness
among local communities,
and facilitate access to education for the children
from villages
involved
in
the project.
Over 660children
and their teachers benefit from the school canteens
in the programme's
5schools and the
project now follows 23groups oflemurs: 14groups ofgreater bamboo lemurs, 4groups ofred-bellied
lemurs, 2
groups ofRanomafana
bamboo lemurs and 3groups ofPeyrieras'
woolly lemurs. Almost 640 lemurs are in this
way protected
directly by Helpsimus.
Amur Leopard Fund (Melanism Testing)
The Amur Leopard European
ExSitu Programme
(EEP)has initiated a lab-based project looking for identmers
ofmelanism
in the Amur leopard captive population.
The aim is to test a total ofabout 70leopards for now, with samples ofwhole blood and hair containing
the
follide analysed at the EAZA Biobank in Edinburgh.
All western EEPholders were asked to donate toget the study started and, in 2022, Action for the Wild donated
629.63so the lab could buy the consumables.
Yellow+reasted
Capuchin
Monkey Conservation
Programme
in the Dry Forests ofBrazil (Phase II: Ecology and
behaviour)
The yellow-breasted
capuchin
monkey is a primate species ranked as critically endangered
on the IUCN Red
Ust ofThreatened
Species
In 2002-2005, asurvey was conducted ofthe remaining
populations
ofyellow-breasted
capuchin
monkeys to
estabmsh the status ofthe species and to precisely identify the threats to its survivaL Toadd to this survey, a
comparative
ecological study was needed
in the western
part ofthe capuchins'
distribution,
where populations
seem tobe scarcer and inhabit very different and harsher environments,
such asthe diy forests and open scrub.
This aspect ofthe project started
in 2014to fill knowledge
gaps regarding
the conservation
status and the
biological peculiarities
ofthe western
population,
providing
infoimafion
on activity budgets, the pattern
of
exploitation ofthe home range, and how seasonal variations
affect behaviour,
ecology, and social structure
of
the species in harsh environments.
This will make itpossible to compare the two environments
(humid forest
and diy forest) where yellow breasted
capuchin
monkey survive.
In 2022, Action forthe Wild donated f4,486.65to this project to support the researcheCs carmaintenance
and
fuel costs when working
in the field studying
the capuchins
and to provide extra drone batteries to extend the
search time forthe monkeys
in the forest. A drone with athermal camera is used to assist in the search forthe
monkeys and increase the number ofencounters
with them, thus reducing the time spent for its habituation.

31.12.22 31.12.21
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
fund funds funds funds
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Notes F 6
Donations and legacies 2 624,963 624,963 1,280,472
Other trading activities
investment
income		 3
4		 1,705
15,231		 1,705
15,231		 'I,174
71
Total 641,&99 641,899 1,2&1,717
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds 1,210 1,210 285
Charitable
activities
Wildlife conservation 386,756 386,756 284,700
Total 387,966 387,966 284,985
NET INCOME 253,933 253,933 996,732
RECONCIUATION
OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 1,288,886 3~9 1+92,355 295,623
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 1,542,819 3,469 1,546,288 1,292,355

31.1222 31.12.21
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Notes fund funds funds
f		 funds
FIXEDASSETS
Tangible assets 12 130 130 173
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 13 205,300 205,300 10,560
Cash at bank 1,347,270 3,469 1,350,739 1,306,570
1,552,570 3,469 1,556,039 1,317,130
CREDITORS
Amounts
falling due within one year		 14 (9,881) (9,881) (24,948)
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,542,689 3,469 1,546,158 1,292,182
TOTAL ASSETSLESSCURRENT LIABILITIES 1,542,819 3,469 1,546,288 1,292,355
NET ASSETS 1,542,819 3,469 1,546,288 1,292,355
FUNDS 15
Unrestricted
funds		 1,542,819 1,288,886
Restricted funds 3,469 3,469
TOTAL FUNDS 1,546,288 1,292,355

31.12.22 31.12.21
Notes
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated
from operations		 28,938 1,015,178
Net cash provided
by operating a livities		 28,938 1,015,178
Cash Rows from investing activities
Interest received 15,231 71
Net cash provided
by investing
activities		 15,231 71
Change in cash and cash
the reporting
period
Cash and cash equivalents		 equivalents
atthe		 in 44,169 1,015,249
beginning
ofthe reporting		 period 1,306,570 291,321
Cash and cash equivalents atthe end of
the reporting
period		 1,350,739 1,306,570
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
31.12.22
f		 31.1221
f
Net income forthe reporting period (as per the Statement ofFinancial
Activities) 253,933 996,732
Adjustments
for:
Depreciation
charges		 43 57
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 21
Interest received (15,231) (71)
Increase in debtors (194,740) (3,118)
(Decrease)/increase in creditors (15,067) 21,557
Net cash provided by operations 28,938 1,015,178
2. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
At1.1.22 Cash flow At31.1222
f
Net cash
Cash at bank 1,306,570 44,169 1,350,739
1,306,570 44,169 1,350,739
Total 1,306,5TQ 44,169 1,350,739

3. OTHER TRADING ACTMTIES OTHER TRADING ACTMTIES OTHER TRADING ACTMTIES
31.12.22 31.12.21
E E
Research fees 1,705 1,174
4. INVESTMENT INCOME
31.12.22 31.1221
Deposit account interest 15,231 71
5. RAISING FUNDS
Raising donations
and legacies
31.12.22
f		 31.12.21
Reamrch costs 1,210 285
6. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
Grant
funding of
activities Support
(see note costs (see
7) note 8)
f		 Totals
Wildlife conservation 381,926 4,830 386,756
7. GRANTS PAYABLE
31.12.22 31.12.21
E
Wildlife conservation 381,926 278,692
The total grants paid to institutions during the year was as follows:
31.12.22 31.12.21
AEECL 1,712
EAZA Leopard Project 630
Elephant Orphanage Project 10,000
Orangutan
Foundation		 7,000
Save The Rhino international 7,125
Umphafa
Private Nature Reserve		 322,071 254,247
Colchester Zoo 24,445
Free the bears 7,000
International
Otter Survival		 Foundation 4,910
LWIRO Chimp Project 5,000
Red Panda Network 214
VulPro 4,288
Komodo Survival Program 886
HelpSimus 1,035
Capuchin
Project		 4,487
376,358 278,692

COMPARATIVES FOR THE ST ATEMENT OF FINAN CIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted Restricted Total
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM fundf fundsf fundsf
Donations
and legacies		 1,280,472 1,280,472
Other trading activities
Investment
income		 1,174
71		 1,174
71
Total 1,281,717 1,281,717
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds 285 285
Charitable
activities
Wildlife conservation 284,700 284,700
Total 284,985 284,985
NET INCOME 996,732 996,732
RECONCILIATION
OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 292,154 3,469 295,623
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 1,288,886 3,469 1,292,355
12. TANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS TANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS
Fixtures
and
fittings
COST
At 1January 2022 and 31 December 2022 2,840
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2022 2,667
Charge foryear 43
At 31December 2022 2,710
NET BOOKVALUE
At31 December 2022 130
At31 December2021 173
13. DEBTORS:AINOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.12.22 31.12.21
R
Trade debtors 6,239 10,560
Other debtors 199,061
205,300 10,560
14. CREDITORS: AIIOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.12.22 31.12.21
Other creditors 19,066
Accrued expenses 9,881 5,882
9,881 24,948
15. IHOVEINENT
IN FUNDS
Net
movement At
At 1.1.22 in funds 31.12.22
F F
Unrestricted
funds
General fund 1,288,886 253,933 1,542,819
Restricted funds
WildNe Vels international (Amur leopard
and tiger) 3,469 3+69
TOTAL FUNDS 1,292,355 253,933 1,546,288

MOVEMENT IN FUNDS MOVEMENT IN FUNDS -contin -contin -contin ued
Net movement
in funds,		 induded in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Movement
Unrestricted funds resources
f		 expended
f		 in funds
f
General fund 641,899 (387,966) 253,933
TOTAL FUNDS 641,899 (387,966) 253,933
Comparatives
formovement		 in funds
Net
movement At
Unrestricted funds At 1.1.21
f		 in funds
f		 31.12.21
f
General fund 292,154 996,732 1,288,888
Restricted funds
Wildlife Vets International (Amur leopard
and tiger) 3,469 3,469
TOTALFUNDS 295,623 996,732 1,292,355
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Movement
Unrestricted funds resources
f		 expended
f		 in funds
f
General fund 1,281,717 (284,985) 996,732
TOTAL FUNDS 1,281,717 (284,985) 996,732