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Cheetah Conservation Fund

Also known as: CCF

Cheetah Conservation Fund — organization designated Global Centre of Excellence for cheetah conservation, based in Namibia and working to enable coexistence between cheetahs and livestock farming.

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  1. April 2023

  2. The Namibian

    Cheetah Conservation Fund facilitated the historic translocation of cheetahs to India

    Source

    “says the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), the international organisation which facilitated the historic translocation.”

    Has the reintroduction of cheetahs to India been a success?
  3. January 2020

  4. The Namibian

    Cheetah Conservation Fund is experimenting with combining 'rewilding' the land and livestock farming

    Source

    “Efforts to combine 'rewilding' the land and livestock farming are currently being experimented with, amongst others by the Cheetah Conservation Fund here locally.”

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Tourism & Environment

Cheetah Conservation Fund named Global Centre of Excellence

The News

The Cheetah Conservation Fund has been designated the Global Centre of Excellence for Cheetah Conservation through a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with India's International Big Cat Alliance. CCF's headquarters in Namibia will serve as a global hub for training, technical cooperation, scientific research, and knowledge exchange to strengthen cheetah conservation across Africa, Asia, and other cheetah range countries.

Why it matters

Cheetah Conservation Fund named Global Centre of Excellence; Namibia positioned as hub for continental conservation research.

10 hours ago · Informanté →

Yesterday

  1. Cheetah Conservation Fund named Global Centre of Excellence

    The Cheetah Conservation Fund has been designated the Global Centre of Excellence for Cheetah Conservation through a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with India's International Big Cat Alliance. CCF's headquarters in Namibia will serve as a global hub for training, technical cooperation, scientific research, and knowledge exchange to strengthen cheetah conservation across Africa, Asia, and other cheetah range countries.

    10 hours ago · Informanté →

Monday 20 April

  1. Over 120,000 dogs vaccinated as rabies control advances

    Namibia has vaccinated over 124,000 dogs in 2025 and more than 157,000 in 2024, achieving approximately 61% coverage nationally, according to the Chief Veterinary Officer. While the country has not yet reached its 70% vaccination target, national rabies positivity rates have dropped below 10%, with awareness campaigns reaching about 82% of schools in the Northern Communal Areas.

    20 April 2026 · Informanté →

Wednesday 15 April

  1. Cheetah conservationist Laurie Marker wins lifetime research award

    Laurie Marker, founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Research Award by Namibia's National Commission on Research, Science and Technology. Over 35 years, Marker has built the Cheetah Research and Education Centre in Otjiwarongo into a multidisciplinary hub that has trained generations of Namibian researchers and contributed significantly to scientific literature and conservation efforts.

    15 April 2026 · New Era →

Monday 13 April

  1. Cheetahs and livestock farming can coexist in Namibia

    Cheetah Conservation Fund founder Laurie Marker says cheetahs and farmers can protect both the endangered big cat and the livestock industry through practical tools and techniques. With only about 1,000 cheetahs remaining in Namibia, Marker's organisation trains farmers in livestock protection methods such as guarding dogs and calving camps while working to maintain wildlife prey populations and grazing lands.

    13 April 2026 · The Namibian →

Wednesday 8 April

  1. Laurie Marker wins lifetime research award for cheetah conservation

    The founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund has received a lifetime achievement in research award from Namibia's National Commission on Research, Science and Technology in recognition of her conservation work and contribution to building Namibia's scientific infrastructure. Marker founded the CCF in 1990 and has led pioneering efforts including reintroducing cheetahs to India after decades of extinction there.

    8 April 2026 · The Namibian →

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