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The '''African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG)''' is a primarily volunteer-led group of experts focused on improving the conservation success of Africa’s rhinos across all their remaining Range States and beyond.<ref name=":0">https://www.savetherhino.org/programmes/the-african-rhino-specialist-group/</ref> This Specialist Group is one of many such Groups established under the directive of the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]]’s (IUCN) [[Species Survival Commission]] (SSC).<ref name=":0" /> | |||
The African Rhino Specialist Group mission is to promote the development and long-term maintenance of viable populations of the various sub-species of African rhinos in the wild.<ref name=":1">https://www.iucn.org/our-union/commissions/group/iucn-ssc-african-rhino-specialist-group</ref> They identify and address threats to African Rhino species as well as identifying opportunities for conservation.<ref name=":1" /> The group works with all African countries in which rhinos are found and have in-country representatives including Angola, Botswana, Chad, DR Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
== See also == | |||
{{See also/Rhino}} | |||
== External links == | |||
* [https://www.iucn.org/our-union/commissions/group/iucn-ssc-african-rhino-specialist-group IUCN SSC African Rhino Specialist Group] iucn.org | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Rhinoceroses]] | |||
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The African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG) is a primarily volunteer-led group of experts focused on improving the conservation success of Africa’s rhinos across all their remaining Range States and beyond.[1] This Specialist Group is one of many such Groups established under the directive of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC).[1]
The African Rhino Specialist Group mission is to promote the development and long-term maintenance of viable populations of the various sub-species of African rhinos in the wild.[2] They identify and address threats to African Rhino species as well as identifying opportunities for conservation.[2] The group works with all African countries in which rhinos are found and have in-country representatives including Angola, Botswana, Chad, DR Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]