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Formerly widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa, today just 3,000-5,500 African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) remain in the wild, with most populations still declining.AWF believes that applied research and community outreach is crucial to…

AWF Samburu Heartland team members met with rangers, wardens, and scouts from several reserves and community ranches for a two day refresher course in Ranger Based Monitoring (RBM) on May 24th and 25th. The course was held at the Samburu Lodge,…

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) organized an intensive digital and electronic evidence workshop for investigations and intelligence officers from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) from June 8 - 11, 2021 at Voi Wildlife Lodge. Led by AWF’s…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) held a two-day training in Maanzoni Lodge, Machakos County, engaging Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) investigation and prosecution officers drawn from different conservation areas of the country. The training,…

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) held a five-day training in Kinshasa for law enforcement officers working at airports and ports in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from March 6 to 10, 2023. During the first three days, participants…

Africa’s diverse wildlife is under siege from poaching and trafficking, posing a severe threat to the continent’s ecological heritage. The World Wildlife Crime Report 2024 highlights a disturbing trend: between 2015 and 2021, items from elephants,…

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Together with other conservation organizations and zoo partners, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) yesterday celebrated Year of the Gorilla at a special event held at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. As night fell over the…

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Conference themes mirror AWF’s efforts to ensure tourism industry benefits local communities and conserves wildlife NAIROBI, Kenya, August 23, 2013 — 16 years after its inception, the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference returns…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) will invest $25 million over the next four years to support efforts by African governments and local communities to protect wildlife and wild lands on the continent. .blog-details + img[alt="African Wildlife…

At a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking at the U.S. Department of Interior on Friday, African Wildlife Foundation's (AWF's) Director of the African Apes Initiative, Jef Dupain, testified before…

African Wildlife Foundation CEO Kaddu Sebunya delivered both an oral and written testimony before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Hearing on International Conservation. The purpose of…

(Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo) "Our small Cessna Caravan plane flew for two hours north of the capital Kinshasa towards the Equateur Province where our Congo Heartland is located," wrote AWF President Patrick Bergin on a recent trip to the…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is attending a conservation forum from July 23-25, 2019 in South Africa. The forum's main agenda is to craft conservation solutions for the region while ensuring that its priorities are reflective of the biggest…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) recently hosted a landmark symposium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), gathering key stakeholders in conservation to discuss strategies to combat the escalating issue of wildlife crime. This…