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We promote coexistence by helping people predict, prevent, and mitigate human-wildlife conflict. We train communities on sustainable practices that ease pressure on wildlife and generate more income. We also invest in sustainable enterprises and…

 How We Engage Youth The AWF-Wall Youth Leadership ProgramThe AWF-Wall Youth Leadership Program offers nine-month fellowships along two tracks: international environmental policy and conservation management. Participants receive leadership…

AWF, along with other conservation leaders, has long worked to pass U.S. legislation that would provide key funds to protect endangered great cats and dog species. These species are so critical because many other animals depend on them both directly…

The last time I wrote was to highlight the exciting news of the AWF-led delegation that came to visit the Lomako Forest and tour the Lomako Conservation Science Centre.Today, I am writing with much sadder news that I know all who came to visit will…

African Wildlife Ecology Handbook Series, No. 3. 1979.

African Wildlife Ecology Handbook Series, No. 7. 1996

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Cheetahs may be much closer to extinction than was previously thought, a new study revealed earlier this week. Led by the Zoological Society of London, Panthera and Wildlife Conservation Society, the study represents the most…

Michael Gallagher, a student, writes for us in this post... My name is Michael Gallagher, and I helped Nakedi put down camera traps around the Shangoni area recently. I had been in the bush before but always in very controlled areas...usually with…

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The African Wildlife Foundation's Heartland Program wins the 2007 Drivers of Change AwardIn Africa it is sometimes difficult to balance conservation and development adequately. But a conservation program -- described as innovative and science-based…

In some cases, the biggest barrier to conservation is the most mundane: a lack of resources to get the job done. We collaborate with government partners, local leaders, and wildlife authorities to provide training, basic equipment, technology, and…

Wildlife Judicial and Prosecutorial Assistance Training Series (Tanzania).

On Tuesday, law enforcement officials, wildlife protection managers, prosecutors, judges and magistrates from Ethiopia will participate in a Wildlife Criminal Justice Assistance training in Addis Ababa. Hosted by African Wildlife…

Compared to Africa’s other great apes, the bonobo has been relatively less studied. Its geographic range stretches 500,000 square kilometers across the Democratic Republic of Congo’s remotest tropical forests — difficult-to-reach areas with a…