Conservation · Amboseli, Kenya
Amboseli Trust for Elephants
The world’s longest-running study of wild elephants — protecting over 3,500 elephants in Amboseli since 1972.
Founded 1972 · Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Five decades protecting Africa’s elephants
Amboseli Trust endeavors to protect and sustain African elephant populations in Amboseli’s vital National Park. World-renowned wildlife researcher Dr. Cynthia Moss founded the Trust in 1972. For over five decades, the Trust has tracked and studied over 3,500 elephants — making this the longest-running study of wild elephants ever undertaken.
Residing in Amboseli, Dr. Moss promotes conservation through research projects, community involvement, and worldwide advocacy for elephant protection.
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Elephants tracked and studied across 57 family groups
Years of continuous research, community engagement, and advocacy
Decline in Africa’s elephant population between 1979 and 1989
Our Work
Monitoring 57 elephant families — and naming two
March to the Top was compelled to make an impact after our first visit to Amboseli National Park, where we witnessed the essential work of Dr. Moss protecting elephant populations. We provide ongoing support for the important work conducted by the Amboseli Trust in monitoring 57 elephant groups.
In 2018, the 4th graders at our partnered project New Hope – AINA named two elephants in the LC family, calling them Latifa and Lolena — a meaningful connection between children across two very different worlds who share the same remarkable landscape.
Why It Matters
From 1.3 million to 600,000 in a single decade
In 1979, there were an estimated 1.3 million elephants in Africa. Ten years later, there were only about 600,000. Ensuring the survival of the elephant in today’s Africa is an increasingly complex problem.
The ivory trade, increases in the human population, and the negative impacts of climate change have taken a serious toll. The work of the Amboseli Trust — and March to the Top’s support of it — is more important now than ever.
elephants in Africa in 1979
elephants remained just ten years later
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Elephants form deep bonds with each other, which last for decades. Elephant survival is strongly affected by access to the social and ecological knowledge that older elephants hold; where to go, what to eat, how to avoid danger.
— Dr. Cynthia Moss
Protect Africa’s elephants
100% of your donation supports the Amboseli Trust’s research and conservation programs. The March family covers all overhead costs.
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Amboseli in the field
