• AWF marks a new era in African conservation with its African Heartland Program, which will identify and help conserve large landscapes of exceptional natural value.
  • AWF opens its second Conservation Service Center in Nairobi.
  • Responding to efforts by AWF and the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, Maasai leaders agree to participate in a plan that compensates owners for livestock killed by elephants outside the parks.
  • AWF's Tarangire Elephant Project, conducted by Charles and Lara Foley, assesses the Tarangire elephant population and its rebound since widespread poaching was halted in the 1980s.