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Africa stands at a crucial juncture. With internal and external pressures escalating for our rich resources, we are faced with pivotal choices. Do we embrace a future that safeguards our natural legacy or inadvertently destroy it? The stakes are…

Rinderpest, a highly contagious bovine plague that has killed millions of Africa's cattle, buffalo and other wildlife in the last century, is finally coming under control.The disease has been eradicated in West and Central Africa, Pan Africa…

The Maringa-Lopori-Wamba (MLW) landscape in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) spans 74,000 square kilometers—an area roughly the size of Ireland. Located in Equateur Province northeast of Kinshasa, the nation’s capital, it is a sanctuary for…

Richard provides strategic leadership for AWF’s finance and other administrative functions, including information technology, human resources, and facilities. Prior to AWF, Richard served in a variety of financial leadership roles in not-for…

Kenya experienced its first rhino poaching in several years with the killing of three rhinos in February.The incidents occurred at two private sanctuaries about 30 miles apart. Two white rhinos were killed at the Solio Ranch, but their horns were…

The rugged hills of Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park, located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa are golden and bright during the winter months, and the short, dry grass sways to the rhythm of a near constant breeze.  Narrow, rocky streams…

Not only is the eastern black rhino highly endangered, it is also localized in small populations of Kenya and northern Tanzania. Located primarily in fenced sanctuaries, these small populations hold the future of the species. Sanctuaries aim to have…

For the second consecutive year, South Africa has announced a drop in rhino poaching numbers compared to the previous year. The country lost 1,054 rhino to poaching in 2016, down from 1,175 in 2015 and 1,215 in 2014. While the trend shows…

Barrow, E., Gichohi, H., & Infield, M. (2000). Rhetoric or Reality? A Review of Community Conservation Policy and Practice in East Africa. Evaluating Eden Series, p.184.  International Institute for Environment and Development, London, U.K.

As Lamido (hereditary king) of Tchamba, His Eminence Youkouda Abdoulaye Koeranga walks, talks, and sits with the confidence of a man who believes fate is on his side. For more than two centuries, his family has shouldered the responsibility of…