AFRICAN CONSERVATION TRUST
Conservation | Education | Innovation
African Conservation Trust (ACT) is a broad-based environmental, conservation and heritage organisation, founded in 2000. We implement a diverse range of projects and programmes, in South Africa, with a strong focus on collaboration, teamwork and bringing Ecological Agriculture to communities. ACT also works extensively in the heritage sector, using modern technology to preserve Africa’s rich history and culture.
Our vision is simple: People on a profitable planet. We envision a world that is able to sustain all life, with abundant natural resources, within which humanity and all species not only survive, but flourish.
WHAT WE DO
AWARDS
Winner of the SANParks Kudu Award in the Non-Governmental Organisation category, recognizing the work of ACT and SEF participants in Mpumalanga and Limpopo to promote conservation and improve livelihoods
Sheelagh Antrobus received first place in the 2016 Game Rangers Association of Africa Rhino Conservation Awards - Awareness, Education & Funding Category - in recognition of her efforts as the Project Rhino KZN coordinator and the +R13million raised by the ACT Rhino Fund.
We received two CyArk 500 Awards for our heritage work: the first for the documentation of Drakensberg rock art at the CyArk 500 Challenge Launch & Conference (20–22 October 2013, Tower of London, England), and the second for our documentation of corbelled houses in 2015.
ACT's GigaBite Guardian received the Runner-up prize in the 2014 Mail & Guardian Greening the Future Awards (June/July 2014).
We received the Runner-up prize in the Mail & Guardian Greening the Future Awards in the Non-profit category (July 2013).
ACT received a Heritage Award in 2012 from the provincial heritage authority, AMAFA (AkwaZulu Natali). The award recognised ACT's educational and environmental efforts over the last decade, contributing to heritage conservation in the province.
Game Rangers Association of Africa Rhino Conservation Awards: Best NGO Practitioner Runner-up – Sheelagh Antrobus (Project Rhino KZN Coordinator)