2035 Is Too Late
A recovery window is closing. Action can still open it.
This campaign mobilizes donors, schools, coastal communities, businesses, and policymakers around clear, science-led action for African penguins.
The 2035 warning
BirdLife South Africa, SANCCOB, and legal partners have warned that African penguins could become functionally extinct in the wild by around 2035 if current declines continue. The campaign treats that date as a recovery window, not a countdown gimmick.
Evidence note: SANCCOB Critically Endangered update, 28 October 2024; BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB campaign and litigation briefings, 2024-2025.
Campaign
2035 Is Too Late
Scientists and conservationists have warned that African penguins could disappear from the wild within years if current declines continue. SAPA mobilizes donors, schools, coastal communities, businesses, and policymakers around one clear goal: stop the slide toward extinction and help colonies recover.
Policy asks
Protect feeding zones around key colonies
Strengthen science-based fisheries management
Fund rescue and rehabilitation capacity
Restore safe nesting habitat
Improve monitoring and public reporting
Reduce pollution and shipping risks
Countdown visual
2035
A warning window, not a false clock. Campaign milestones, source notes, and policy targets are editable through the content model.
Campaign milestones
25 April 2026: launch World Penguin Day action hub
18 July 2026: publish first petition-signature briefing
14 August 2026: release feeding-zone policy brief
30 September 2026: distribute first emergency partner response grants
12 December 2026: publish quarterly public progress report