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Recently, ten aspiring conservation filmmakers joined the African Conservation Voices Producers’ Lab (ACVPL) fellowship and took part in an immersive storytelling workshop in Nairobi. This fellowship is a collaborative effort by the African Wildlife…

Chinese consumer awareness of the ivory and rhino horn trade’s devastating impact on African wildlife has grown rapidly over the past two years, the result of major public awareness campaigns by wildlife organizations and state media,…

As we stand on the threshold of a new year, the echoes of our past accomplishments resonate with promise and potential. The challenges we faced in 2023 have only strengthened our resolve to make 2024 a defining chapter in the story of African…

The population of the Kilombero District in Tanzania is heavily reliant on agriculture. Approximately 100,000 small-scale farmers cultivate predominantly rice and cocoa. On average, their fields are only around 0.5 hectares in size. Roughly 35% of…

More than 30 percent of South Sudanese do not have access to water—and in a country where 80 percent of the workforce is employed in agriculture—water is critical not only for health and hygiene, but also the majority of livelihoods.The Imatong…

(White River, South Africa.) Today, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and the Mozambique Ministry of Tourism (MITUR) signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that solidified and formalized their longstanding partnership to improve…

Metcalfe, S., 2003, September. Impacts of transboundary protected areas on local communities in three southern African initiatives. In workshop on transboundary protected areas in the governance Stream of the 5th World Parks Congress, Durban, South…

Africa has the youngest, fastest-growing population in the world, providing the foundation for a viable new consumer class and driving the continent’s economic growth. As Africa’s conservation organization, African Wildlife…

Hong Kong’s “legal” ivory market is willfully obstructing newly announced efforts by China and the United States to end ivory sales, at a time when thousands of African elephants are dying at the hands of poachers, according to…

Nairobi, KENYA -- On Saturday, Chinese-owned Sinohydro Corporation Limited began detonating heavy explosives in a sensitive wildlife area to begin the excavation of an illegal rock quarry, effectively signaling the end of a key wildlife corridor and…

It goes without saying that emphasizing the link between education and conservation is not a fruitless endeavor. The desired outcome is a community which consciously chooses to look after its forest as a heritage for its children, its…

Kigali, DRC-- In a renewed flurry of fighting in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the army of rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has seized the important Congolese army camp of Rumangabo on the border with Virunga National Park, leading to…

Reports of mass deforestation in the Southern Sector of the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), habitat of the endangered mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), were confirmed in June of this year. As a result of…

The mountain gorilla is one of the most endangered species of wildlife on Earth. Keeping track of them is the specialty of Dr. Annette Lanjouw, considered one of the world's leading authorities on mountain gorillas.Recently Dr. Lanjouw visited the…