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AWF Board Member and Supermodel Veronica Varekova Takes Part in Kwita Izina
- 08/31/17
- Nairobi
“I am both proud and humbled to be part of Kwita Izina, because if there is a more powerful statement of our spiritual connection to nature than what Rwanda has done with the mountain gorillas, then I am yet to find it," says Veronica Varekova.
Supermodel and philanthropist Veronica Varekova is among the international personalities invited by the Rwandan Government for Kwita Izina, the baby gorilla naming ceremony. The function will be held in Volcanoes National Park on Friday, September 1, 2017.
South Africa’s rhino horn auction is a big setback for conservation
- 08/23/17
- Nairobi
The ruling by the High Court in Pretoria authorizing an online auction of 264 rhino horns is potentially disastrous for Africa’s imperiled rhino population.
The African rhino has suffered high levels of poaching and the auction could provide legal cover for criminal gangs in the illicit rhino horn trade. AWF believes that there are no adequate mechanisms at any level — local, national, regional, or international — to control such trade.
AWF mourns the loss of leading elephant conservationist, Wayne Lotter
- 08/18/17
The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has learnt with great sadness about the death of renowned conservationist Wayne Lotter in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
New York State to Destroy Illegal Ivory in Central Park
- 08/02/17
- Nairobi
New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), WCS and Tiffany and Co., will destroy more than one ton of illegal ivory on Thursday, August 3, 2017. The event will be held in Central Park, New York City.
New York State to Crush $6 million ivory
- 07/13/17
- Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C., July 13, 2017 – The New York State will destroy more than one ton of illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. The ivory tusks, trinkets, statues, jewelry, and other decorative items will be crushed in Central Park while the public gathers to watch, sending a clear message that the state will not tolerate wildlife crime that threatens to wipe out Africa’s endangered elephant population
WHEN: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 10:30 a.m.