The golden monkey, a subspecies of blue monkey, is found only in the bamboo forests of the Virungas volcanic mountain chain in central Africa.

AWF History Scrapbook

Started in 1961 by a small group of U.S. naturalists, AWF today is headquartered in Nairobi and has impactful programs in 14 countries in three main regions of Africa. There is no way to summarize over 50 years of conservation impact in this online scrapbook, but here we offer a few highlights that we think are indicative of how much we have accomplished.