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SAN DIEGO--Luksor, an emerging iPhone application development company, announced today that it will donate 5 percent of all proceeds from sales of the newly released Safarees Touch 'n Color iPhone applications to the African Wildlife Foundation, the…

AWF completed the construction of new headquarters and staff housing for the wardens and rangers of Samburu National Reserve in late April. Located in the Kenya's northern frontier, Samburu National Reserve is one of Kenya's most spectacular…

I wanted to share something with you that gives me hope. Sometimes, we get so wrapped up in our work and our own daily struggles and challenges that we forget what is really important. Then, something makes us pause, and we realize why we are doing…

New eco-guards enrich the Iyondji Community Bonobo Reserve’s Management Structure, created under CARPE II in northern DRCIn the territory of Djolu, Tshuapa District, Equator Province, the first class of “ecology guards” completed their combined…

In the northern frontier of Kenya, the warden and rangers of Samburu National Reserve scribbled notes on pads of paper, recording signs of poacher's campfires, illegal cattle grazing, and locations of wildlife. Until now, rangers scattered…

Receiving the 20 brand new cameras is a blessing for us. I am extremely grateful for this. We are finally able to experiment further on the most efficient way to get reliable results from the use of cameras. In the first part of the survey we relied…

Construction of the Lomako Conservation Science Center – AWF’s new bonobo research and conservation station in the Congo Heartland – is complete!We’ve come so far for this day: 2 long years of working with local people and the Congolese wildlife…

Next week, NOVA will be presenting The Last Great Ape, the story of the endangered bonobo, whose remarkable social behavior and genetics scientists are only beginning to understand. The film features AWF primatologist Jef Dupain, heads AWF's…

(KIGALI, RWANDA – 18 July 2022) The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) opened the AWF Rwanda office in a move to further cement the integral role of African leadership and integration in managing conservation on the continent. The unveiling…

AWF has launched a new program designed to help African wildlife businesses become more profitable while improving their impact on conservation."For reasons that are not always clear," says Joanna Elliott, head of AWF's Conservation, Economics and…

A new partnership formed between an international hotel chain and a village community outside Tanzania's Serengeti National Park assures that local people will share in the profits of wildlife-related businesses established in the area.The landmark…

Topi, an innovative mobile solution that optimizes networking at conferences, meetings, and other special events, has announced its support to advance the conservation mission of the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), an international…

On Friday, June 7, AWF had the pleasure of attending the Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice International Awards Reception at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The reception was held to honor the 2012 winners of the renowned…

10 African Storytellers will be selected to participate in a Fellowship, each receiving a $7,500 grant to produce a conservation film JACKSON, Wyo. (September 27, 2023) — Nature, Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) and the African Wildlife…

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