- Thanks to a partnership between AWF, USAID, and Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), a new Visitor Center at Lake Manyara National Park is opened. The center educates visitors about the park's importance and the effort to conserve the natural resources of the area.
- For the first time, AWF has accurate data on elephants in the Zambezi Heartland. A large mammal survey shows that the elephant population has increased by 8% from an estimated 21,114 in 2001 to 22,826 elephants.
- The highly endangered mountain gorilla population in the Virunga Volcanoes grows by 56 since 1989. The IGCP has played a key part in the increase. The total population is 700 individuals.