Remembering Professor Emmanuel Gaillard (1952-2021)
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Professor Gaillard’s family and the Team at Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes have been immensely touched by the outpouring of friendship and support received as we mourn his painful loss.
Click here for the Statement from Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes.
Special event
To honor and remember Professor Gaillard, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes will organize a special event later this year, when the sanitary conditions so allow. Details of the event will be provided in due course.
Forthcoming publications
We will provide information, in due course, about the ongoing projects relating to Professor Gaillard, including a Liber Amicorum that was underway and was going to be presented to him in 2022.
We also would like to invite you to share with us memories, stories, anecdotes and sentiments of Professor Gaillard’s life and accomplishments, which will be collected into a book of remembrance. Please email memories.emmanuelgaillard@gbsdisputes.com to share your memories.
Honoring Professor Gaillard through donations
To honor Professor Gaillard, his family has requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Great Plains Foundation to support the fight against elephant poaching.
All donations in honor of Professor Gaillard will be used in support of the Motswiri Anti-Poaching Unit in the Selinda Reserve. This field camp and anti-poaching unit sit at a critical and vulnerable boundary between the Selinda Reserve, neighboring community conservancies and local villages. Having a conservation presence at this boundary helps ensure the protection of the full range of species that call the Selinda Reserve home, but in particular the elephants who traverse the Selinda Reserve as part of an unfenced migratory corridor with Botswana’s Chobe National Park. The Great Plains Foundation has indicated that it will be honored to accept donations from Professor Gaillard’s friends and colleagues to support the on-going protection of this stunning corner of wild Africa.
How to donate
- Donate online at https://greatplainsfoundation.com/donate
- In the “message” field below your email address please include “In honor of Prof. Emmanuel Gaillard.” Anything with this designation will be tracked and used in support of the Motswiri Anti-Poaching Unit in the Selinda Reserve.
About the Great Plains Foundation
The Great Plains Foundation is a non-profit organization founded with a mission to conserve and expand natural habitats in Africa through innovative conservation initiatives with a long-term commitment to the environment, wildlife and local communities. The Great Plains Conservation Foundation is a United States 501c3 registered non-profit organization (EIN 45-5494919), as well as a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales (Charity Number 1189136).
