African Parks, of which Prince Harry is a board member and former president, helped look after two wildlife reserves in Chad: the Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve and the Greater Zakouma Ecosystem, which includes the Zakouma and Siniaka-Minia national parks.<\/p>\n
They were among 22 national parks and protected areas across 12 countries managed by the group. <\/p>\n
It is the latest scandal to plague the organisation. Earlier this year, it admitted that employees in a park it managed in the Republic of Congo had abused members of the local community. <\/a><\/p>\n It also refused to publish an independent report into the abuses.<\/p>\n The non-profit organisation was informed of the government’s “unilateral decision” on Monday in an official letter from Environment Minister Hassan Bakhit Djamous.<\/p>\n Chad’s environment ministry blamed the resurgence of poaching in its natural parks on a lack of investment by the charity. <\/p>\n The charity, founded in 2000, aims to protect Africa’s national parks and advance conservation in the continent and around the world, particularly in countries that struggle to look after their wildlife because of poverty and conflict.<\/p>\n It manages more than 20 million hectares of protected area with the goal of making each park “ecologically, socially and financially sustainable for the long term”.<\/p>\n