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KIGALI, RWANDA (APRIL 20, 2021) — The Government of Rwanda will in March 2022 host the inaugural IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) to discuss the conservation of the continent’s protected areas. This comes after the relaunch of APAC in…

A White Paper prepared by the African Wildlife Foundation, the International Gorilla Conservation Programme and EcoAdapt and funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2010.

Belfore, N., Gray, M., Masinde, I., Elliot, E., and Muruthi, P. 2010. The Implications of Global Climate Change for Mountain Gorilla Conservation in the Albertine Rift. A White Paper submitted to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Belfiore, N., Seimon, A., Picton Phillips, G., Basabose, A., Gray, M., Masinde, I., Elliott, J., Thorne, J.H., Seo, C.W. and Muruthi, P., 2015. The implications of global climate change for Mountain Gorilla Conservation. https://escholarship.org/uc…

Wildlife Enterprise for Local Development (WELD) Project. 2001.

Wildlife Enterprise for Local Development (WELD) Project. 2001.

Wildlife Enterprise for Local Development (WELD) Project. 2001.

Nowadays, there is a growing consensus in the scientific community that climate change is occurring and is one of many possible causes of biodiversity loss. Changes in climate can impact biodiversity either directly or indirectly through many…

I found a donga (the bank of a gully) along the way, which I jumped over and stood on the other side. I was confident that even if this were a super athletic hippo, the Michael Jordan of hippos, it would take him a month to jump across that part of…

Much of this Heartland embraces mountainous rain forests and beautiful crater lakes in the adjoining countries of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. The region has been caught up in recent years in human battles that have not only…

Like many early-career professionals, Sarah Chiles and Edwin Tambara are looking to the future. But where some may be thinking solely of their own prospects, Chiles and Tambara tend to focus on the bigger picture. They’re considering the rapid pace…

Dick worked his way through the luggage with methodical and focused movements and quickly identified what he was looking for—a smuggled illegal piece of ivory.  His speed and agility are the sure-fire skills that will help…

AWF Conservation in Practice Papers. 2010

As Spring arrives in New York City, the walls at the Forbes Galleries on Fifth Avenue are in full bloom, adorned with the vibrant colors and the awe-inspiring beauty of Africa and its wildlife.Conceived by Christopher Forbes, A Painting Safari --…

I’m looking for lions. We haven’t found them, or much at all, in this drought that has left Buffalo Springs and Samburu National Reserves parched and dusty. But we need to find them soon.I got a call from Shivani Bhalla – the Kenyan PhD candidate…