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African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) in partnership with Friends of Nature (FON) held the first China-Africa Virtual Youth Dialogue on August 28, 2020. The theme of the dialogue was ‘Building a future where human and natural biodiversity can peacefully…

This week, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) convened the first virtual African Protected Areas Directors Meeting aimed at sharing lessons on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on park management and revenues. More importantly, the meeting went…

The East African Association of Prosecutors, in partnership with the National Public Prosecution Authority Rwanda, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), and Space for Giants held the first-ever East African Wildlife Prosecutors Coalition Workshop in…

This week, The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), under the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) grant, organized a two-day Cross-Sectoral Judicial Symposium for judicial and prosecutorial officers in Kenya. In…

On August 12, 2019, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) kick-started a four-day training on first responders to a wildlife crime scene and testing in court at the AWF…

  (NAIROBI, KENYA — June 16, 2022) The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), in support of the African Protected Areas Directors (APAD), convened the Steering Committee of the African conservation financing mechanism, which sets out to…

WASHINGTON, DC--AWF is pleased to announce that Mr. Allan Jordan of Fort Bragg, California, is the winner of its May membership safari sweepstakes. Mr. Jordan will join a dozen other AWF members for AWF's Best of Tanzania Safari in late July…

Banhine National Park, known for its wetlands, used to be home to notable herbivores, including buffalo, sable, tsetsebe, hartebeest, zebra, and wildebeest. Sadly, those populations were decimated in the civil wars of the 1980s and early 1990s…

KINSHASA, CONGO AND NAIROBI, KENYA — An attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo by unidentified gunmen has claimed the lives of six park rangers and wounded others at Virunga National Park. The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) condemns the…

Before this commissioning, AWF trained 20 officers as evidence custodians at the Kenya Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Academy (KWS LEA) NAIROBI, KENYA (March 30, 2023) — The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), through the funding of the…

NAIROBI, KENYA -- After heated debate delegates at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP15) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, rejected proposals from Tanzania and Zambia to …

  Friday, 12th April 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya - The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is thrilled to announce the official commencement of the 2024 cohort of the Charles R. Wall Youth Leadership Programme. This year's program marks a…

 This week, the Second Edition African Youth Summit on Biodiversity (AYSB2023) marked the commencement of an exciting and vital gathering that sought to empower young leaders across Africa in the realm of biodiversity conservation. Organized by…

This week, the Second Edition African Youth Summit on Biodiversity (AYSB2023) marked the commencement of an exciting and vital gathering that sought to empower young leaders across Africa in the realm of biodiversity conservation. Organized by the…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) continues to lead impactful climate adaptation initiatives in Africa. In the Congo Basin, our collaborative efforts in Bili-Uele and Maringa-Lompori-Wamba have resulted in a remarkable 65% improvement in food…