Business Flyer

This business flyer introduces the Cheetah Metapopulation Project, an initiative addressing the significant decline in global cheetah populations and geographic range over the last century. It emphasizes the project's success in expanding the cheetah metapopulation from 217 individuals in 41 South African reserves in 2011 to over 537 across 75 reserves in South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and India, by coordinating 659 translocations and 34 reintroductions, thereby creating 33108 sq. km of safe habitat and addressing challenges like inbreeding, overpopulation, and local extinction through strategic habitat management and reintroduction efforts.

Business Plan

The Cheetah Metapopulation Project's Business Plan for February 2024 provides a comprehensive overview of strategies to conserve the vulnerable cheetah population, now reduced to 7100 adults and confined to 9% of their historical distribution. It details the project's mission to prevent local cheetah extinction by managing genetic health and facilitating land use changes for biodiversity conservation through the establishment of private and state conservation areas in Southern Africa. The plan outlines significant achievements, including the expansion of the cheetah metapopulation to over 537 individuals across 75 reserves in multiple countries, and proposes a detailed budget for both standard operating expenses and international reintroductions, emphasizing the project's commitment to ensuring the species' survival and genetic diversity.

Infographic

This infographic provides a compelling overview of the declining status of wild cheetah populations, now reduced to 7100 adults, and confined to just 9% of their historical range, with 77% living outside protected areas. It highlights the role of the Cheetah Metapopulation Project in combating this decline by facilitating land use changes from agriculture to ecotourism, creating 33108 sq. km of safe space, and supporting the growth of cheetah populations through coordinated translocations and reintroductions, with a focus on expanding cheetah habitats across five countries and detailing the significant challenges posed by illegal trade and inbreeding.

Management Infographic

This infographic elucidates the concept of metapopulation management, a strategy crucial for maintaining viable species populations within fragmented landscapes by managing a set of geographically isolated populations that exchange individuals either naturally or through human-mediated actions. It highlights the benefits such as preventing inbreeding, overpopulation, and local extinction, with a focus on the Cheetah Metapopulation Project initiated in 2011, which plays a pivotal role in ensuring the genetic and demographic integrity of cheetahs across over 75 reserves in five countries through coordinated translocations and reintroductions.

Reintroduction Infographic

This infographic presents an overview of the cheetah reintroduction efforts, emphasizing the successful establishment of cheetahs in 72 fenced reserves across Southern Africa and the ongoing challenges faced in reintroducing them into unfenced areas. It also introduces the Cheetah Metapopulation Project, initiated in 2011, which supports the species' conservation through managing genetic diversity and demographics across over 75 reserves in five countries, marking significant progress in cheetah conservation with numerous coordinated translocations and reintroductions.