SANParks Airwing gets fuel boost from TotalEnergies
The donation marked a long-term relationship of more than 60 years between SANParks and TotalEnergies.
TotalEnergies donated R4.5m of fuel to the SANParks Airwing to use during anti-poaching operations.
TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa’s managing director, Mariam Kane-Garcia, said the donation marked a long-term relationship of more than 60 years between them and SANParks. She said it is also a continuation of TotalEnergies to create awareness of its environmental stewardship, its focus on nature conservation and its contribution to the communities in which it operates.
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SANParks’ COO, Lize McCourt, thanked TotalEnergies for the transformative partnership. “They have demonstrated that they are a formidable partner, because they have partnered with us on various programmes over the years. The ongoing rhino poaching incidents in our country are of great concern to government, its people and corporate South Africa. It is with great humility and sense of pride that SANParks accepts the generosity as proof that together we can do more to win the fight against rhino poaching,” she said.
TotalEnergies have partnered with SANParks over the years on a range of projects during the SA National Parks Weeks, which took place from September 12 to 16 this year and afforded South African citizens a chance to visit some of the parks for free. The fuel giant was also involved in the SANParks Kudu Awards, marketing campaigns, the Golden Classics Concert at the Golden Gate National Park, various greening projects, the]
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Environmental Conservation Education and Awareness projects such as the Keep Kruger Clean campaign, which ran for over 15 years in the Kruger National Park, as well as the Walk on the Wild Side programme.
“We really appreciate this gesture, as it will not only make it easier for our air services to patrol and react to conservation teams on the ground in the vast areas that national parks provide for the protection of wildlife, but it also strengthens our relationship with one of our important business partners,” concluded McCourt.
