Search

Despite a unanimous vote granting all eight species of the African and Asian pangolin the highest possible protection against illegal trading in late 2016, this scaly animal still bears the unfortunate record as the world’s most illegally trafficked…

The overarching goal of AWF’s investments in network-building is to promote an African vision for biodiversity that will help shape conservation policy, practice, and investment on the continent.We incubate and support influential networks that…

After 45 days, Kaizer and I go back to the Pafuri section of Kruger Park. It is great to go back and see what awaits us. I was hopeful we would get lots of leopard pictures. However, I was dreading the drive. The thought of driving 80 kilometres per…

The great Kruger Park leopard photographic survey has begun. The thought of covering the whole Park is overwhelming, but exciting at the same time. I now work with Kaizer Mathebula. Kaizer is a trained field guard and he knows the bush very well. On…

This article is developed and written by the second cohort of the Charles R. Wall Young African Policy Fellows Program and the inaugural Conservation Leadership and Management Fellowship. Both programs aim to build the leadership, negotiation, and…

Fifteen years ago, ranger-based monitoring (or RBM for short) was initiated as a tool in the conservation of mountain gorillas. Whether patrolling the park for law enforcement or tracking mountain gorillas for health assessments or to…

Kigali, Rwanda | May 30, 2025 — In a cooperative move to address climate change and biodiversity loss, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and the European Union (EU), in partnership with the Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association (SACOLA),…

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND--In a startling announcement, experts at the Wildlife Conservation Society said they've discovered 125,000 western lowland gorillas thriving in the northern forests of the Republic of Congo. The gorillas have survived in part…

AWF’s wildlife conservation efforts are led by our Species Conservation and Science team. We emphasize work with more than 20 strategically chosen focal species populations, with the goal of conserving viable and ecologically functional wildlife…