Save The Elephants (STE) was founded by Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton. During the 1970s, Dr. Douglas-Hamilton investigated the status of elephants throughout Africa and was the first to alert the world to the ivory poaching holocaust. He chronicled how Africa's elephant population was halved between 1979 and 1989 and helped bring about the world ivory trade ban. STE operates in every African environment – desert, forest, bushveld and savannah.

IEF's support of core activities will allow STE to develop, launch and manage its varied wildlife activities such as:

1. Radio Tracking Elephants and Other Endangered Species
2. Long Term Monitoring of the Samburu Elephants in Kenya
3. Elephants and Bees Project
4. Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants
5. Laikipia Human-Elephant Conflict Alleviation Project
6. Education Programme
7. Predator Project
8. The Human Footprint
9. South African Transboundary Project
10. Central African Forest Elephant Project
11. The Last of the Sahelian Elephants
12. The Ivory Markets of America
13. Elephant News Service