In these trying times, we thought you might appreciate a very positive update we just received from our partner, Peace Parks Foundation. As you may remember, GEOS Foundation and our operating partner, the Environmental Management and Conservation Trust (formerly, the Dyck Advisory Group) are working with Peace Parks Foundation to provide technical support for the restructuring and management of counter poaching operations in their four national parks in Mozambique and a new park in Malawi. The Mozambique parks comprise approximately 5.5 million acres of prime conservation land as well as a critical barrier for poaching incursions into the neighboring 4.8 million-acre Kruger National Park in South Africa. They are also a key component of Peace Park's Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park which is a 13,500 square mile conservation area connecting parks in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

This collaboration represents the tangible realization of our goal, as the GEOS Foundation, to identify and resource a better counter poaching "mouse trap" and then scale that proven model to a "landscape" level. Our successful and growing partnership with Peace Parks Foundation is indeed proof of concept.

Ultimately, the goal is to protect and "rewild" much of these areas where wildlife has been decimated due to poaching and war while providing "conservation connectivity" across a huge expanse of potentially exceptional wildlife habitat. In a world where most conservation efforts focus on trying to preserve what little is left, it's nice to be on the offensive in expanding protected wildlife areas.

We should note that Peace Parks Foundation is one of the largest and most respected wildlife charities in all of southern Africa controlling over 250 million acres of land in eleven countries. Their mission is to renew and preserve large, functional ecosystems that transcend international boundaries – thereby re-establishing ancient migratory routes and ensuring the expanded habitat and genetic diversity crucial for the long-term survival of all of Africa's wildlife.

Per the attached Progress Report from Peace Parks Foundation, we are very excited to be playing an important role in that successful effort.

https://bit.ly/2QuzSxK

We will be announcing a very exciting new project in the near future so please keep an eye out for a special invite that will be coming to you.

None of this would have been possible without the support from people like you.