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Great progress has been made in the past year through a partnership between AWF and a local community in Botswana.Late in 2002, AWF signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with Sankuyo Tshwaragano Management Trust (STMT). STMT is a community…

AWF Working Papers, 2005.

In Botswana, when you think of tourism, the first thing that comes to mind is the Okavango Delta, known worldwide for its beauty, abundant wildlife, mokoro (dugout canoes), and exclusive tourist camps. For many of the visitors to the Okavango, these…

Bordering the Lomako forest, in the north-western region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a protected area straddling the provinces of Equateur, Tshuapa, and Mongala, created to protect ecosystems. Deep in the equatorial rainforest between…

The people of northern Tanzania and their livestock long ago adapted to living alongside wildlife. For millennia, the Maasai have tracked the movements of wildebeests to identify good grazing; the favorite hideouts of lions to avoid attacks on…

AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-7.

Emerton, L., 1999. Community conservation research in Africa: principles and comparative practice. Global Environmental Change Programme. Paper, 9.

AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-4.

AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-13.

AWF focuses on conservation solutions that create opportunity for people, not at the expense of wildlife and their habitats, but because of them. In FY23, we supported nature-based livelihoods across 11 of our 14 landscapes. In Cameroon, two…

As the heavy rains that have pounded Kenya over the past two months begin to ease, local communities are now grappling with the aftermath of catastrophic floods. The floods have wreaked havoc across the country, affecting human lives, infrastructure…

At its southern reach, Kenya’s Tsavo Conservation Area crosses into Tanzania, encompassing Mkomazi National Park and critical dispersal areas for the region’s iconic wildlife. The area, covering more than 47,000 sq. kilometers, is home to more than…

For centuries, local people have fished the banks of the mighty Zambezi River, home to more than 200 species of fish, including tigerfish, kilifish and the great Vundu catfish. But over-fishing -- along with rapid human settlement, pollution, and…

Down the slopes of the Udzungwa Mountains, Alvinus Linus Ngwale and his colleagues are enthusiastically wading through a river. Each wearing gumboots, they look focused as they fish out small aquatic invertebrates from Mchombe River in Kilombero…

As the world grapples with diminishing biodiversity and the devastating effects of our unhealthy planet, science is slowly beginning to recognize and acknowledge the role of indigenous people in maintaining essential ecosystems. The…