African Parks was founded in 2000 as an African solution to conserve Africa’s biodiversity for the benefit of people and wildlife. We take on responsibility for the long-term management of national parks and protected areas, in partnership with governments and local communities. Our goal is to restore and effectively manage these landscapes, making them ecologically, socially and financially sustainable so they can deliver a multitude of benefits for people and wildlife in perpetuity. By the close of 2022, African Parks had 22 parks under management in 12 countries, over 20 million hectares (77,220 square miles), covering 11 of the 13 ecological biomes on mainland Africa. This is the largest portfolio of protected areas managed by any one NGO on the continent.