The Pian Upe rangeland under restoration
Our Work/The Four Priorities

Four priorities.
One integrated system.

Pian Upe is being restored through four interconnected priorities, each essential, each dependent on the others, together forming the Pian Upe Integrated Restoration Model.

Each priority is a door: the overview below stays short, and the depth lives one click away.

Rangeland under restoration
01
Rebuild
Ecosystems

Repairing the grasslands, woodlands, and wetlands that sustain wildlife, store carbon, regulate water, and provide livelihoods.

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Nubian giraffe under protection
02
Protect
Wildlife

The enabling foundation: rangers, patrols, outposts, an airstrip, and EarthRanger across 200,000 hectares.

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The green plains of Pian Upe
03
Create Sustainable
Finance

Carbon finance and responsible tourism, so protection outlasts philanthropy.

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Community livelihoods at the reserve edge
04
Empower
Communities

Benefit pathways linking conservation success directly to livelihoods, skills, and coexistence.

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Together, these priorities form a single, integrated system, one designed not just to protect Pian Upe, but to make it thrive.

Whole-reserve governance

progress so far
2026–2030
5-year Business Plan
Developed and adopted
2026–2035
General Management Plan
Completed and launched
2023
First IMET assessment
Establishing a management baseline
30.9% → 38.6%
Second IMET assessment, 2025
Management effectiveness rising
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