LEOPARD & BIODIVERSITY

Landmark Foundation promotes the mainstreaming of biodiversity by practical, economical, and ecological viable land use management approaches that ensure sustainable conservation goals at a large scale. We promote evidence-led, ethics-driven tools that create effective conservation custodianship so that Southern African landscapes can effectively be conserved.

BIODIVERSITY GOVERNANCE

The Landmark Foundation is a registered NGO, registered with the Grahamstown (Makhanda) High Court as a Charitable Trust (IT 656/2004), the Department of Social Development as a Not-for-Profit Organisation (039 – 416 – NPO), and as a tax-exempt charitable entity with South African Revenue Services (930023926 – 18A Exemption). The NGO is audited annually and is governed by a Board of Trustees according to the highest corporate governance standards.

REWILDING

Landmark Foundation promotes the mainstreaming of biodiversity by practical, economical, and ecologically viable land use management approaches that ensure sustainable conservation goals at a large scale. We promote evidence-led, ethics-driven tools that create effective conservation custodianship so that Southern African landscapes can effectively be conserved.

HISTORICAL

The Landmark Foundation, established in 2004, is dedicated to the conservation of Southern Africa’s natural landscapes in the face of escalating threats from unsustainable, exploitative human activities.

THE TEAM

Dr Bool Smuts is the Director of the Landmark Foundation.
Dr Jeannine McManus is the Research Director,
Dr. Lauriane Faraut is the Conflict Manager,
Ms Monica Vaccaro is the Education Coordinator.
Mr Johan van Schalkwyk is the Financial Manager.
Several volunteers are involved, and project-based staff are employed when required.
All other services and service providers are appointed on a project-by-project basis.