Mondi adopts Mhambi, an endangered wattled crane

Wattled cranes are the most highly endangered and rarest of Africa’s cranes. Only 250 birds remain in South Africa. Without significant intervention it is likely that the wild population will struggle to recover from decades of population decimation.

Mondi is contributing to the preservation of biodiversity in South Africa through the preservation of natural habitat and the adoption of the endangered wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus). To date, two wattled cranes have been adopted by Mondi with Andrea (adopted in 2009) forming part of the Johannesburg Zoo’s captive breeding programme and Mhambi (adopted in 2010) expected to join the Wattled Crane Recovery Programme’s breeding flock at the Bill Barnes Crane and Oribi Nature Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal. See the full case study.