Perspectives on a sustainable Africa

Patrick Agaba
Field Journal

Chance Conservationist: Patrick Agaba’s Transition from Political Science to Conservation

March 19, 2024

From the Organization

AWF and Africa Refocused Announce the African Conservation Voices Producers Lab Fellows 2024 Cohort.

April 18, 2024

Another Win as U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Advances Bipartisan Bill for International Conservation

April 16, 2024

AWF Commences the 2024 Cohort of the AWF Charles R. Wall Youth Leadership Program 

April 12, 2024
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Kidepo Scouts 1
Field Journal

AWF Empowers Community Wildlife Scouts to Help Address Human-Wildlife Conflict in Kidepo

April 12, 2024
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AWF's Dr. Philip Muruthi: Decoding Kenya's Rhino Success

March 18, 2024
Tsavo community engagement
Field Journal

AWF's Counter Wildlife Trafficking Program on the Frontlines

March 11, 2024

Recent Articles

Dja Fauna Reserve

Nurturing community conservation in Cameroon against all odds

January 9, 2020
Jacqueline Kubania
Photo of adult lion with satellite collar in LUMO Conservancy

Lion-proof enclosures, beehive barriers, and chilies stem human-wildlife conflict

December 27, 2019
Jacqueline Conciatore
Elephant Illegal Wildlife Trade

Wildlife crime cases in the fast track with new equipment, special training

December 13, 2019
Benson Mutua
Photograph of woman cocoa farmer smiling and digging into her sustainable cocoa bean crop

Sustainable cocoa turns Cameroon’s farmers into conservation champions

December 4, 2019
Jacqueline Kubania
Photo of elephant herd in the Damaraland desert landscape in Namibia

Rare desert elephants survive Namibia’s harshest drylands

November 14, 2019
Carter Smith
Giraffe.

Hippos, zebras return to this community conservancy in Tanzania

November 8, 2019
Jacqueline Conciatore
Photo of large herd of elephants crossing open savannah grassland in Tsavo landscape
Field Journal

Communities in Kenya and Tanzania unite to save wildlife

October 28, 2019
Kenneth Kimitei
Photo of a pangolin in dry savannah landscape in Africa

Up to 2.7 million pangolins are poached every year for scales and meat

October 15, 2019
Jacqueline Conciatore
Kilombero landscape

A drought-resistant seed boosts sugarcane yields, stops habitat loss in southern Tanzania

October 3, 2019
Fadhili Njilima
Close-up photo of kidnapped chimpanzee after rescue from village in Dja, Cameroon

Kidnapped baby chimp rescued from the illegal pet trade

September 25, 2019
Manfred Aimé Epanda
Close-up photo of a giraffe browsing on trees in African wildlife area

Investigations show giraffes are threatened by bushmeat trade, demand for body parts

September 19, 2019
Jacqueline Conciatore
Photo of chalet at Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge in Rwanda with Mount Sabyinyo in the background

This mountain gorilla lodge is saving Rwanda’s great apes

September 11, 2019
Craig R. Sholley
Close-up photo of lone lion in African savanna grassland

Demand for lion bones threatens Africa’s vulnerable big cat

July 30, 2019
Nakedi Maputla
Aerial photo of river flowing through tropical forest in wildlife-rich landscape in northern Democratic Republic of Congo

Cross-border anti-trafficking efforts protect vulnerable wildlife and communities in Central Africa

July 24, 2019
Antoine Tabu Senga
Photo of Lukica Diana, head community wildlife scout at Murchison Community Conservancy

From wildlife artist to wildlife scout: the conservation champion of Murchison Community Conservancy

July 17, 2019
Methodius Mukhwana