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“Do you have a favorite animal?” I ask Jealous Alafai, a 52-year-old Zimbabwean fisherman along the Zambezi River.He chuckles and says, “Of course I do!”“Which is?”“The elephant, because it is my totem.”“What do you mean?”“In our culture, we don’t…

I would like to say hi to all of you who have been following and supporting Nakedi’s work. My name is Nnzumbeni Tshikalange -- Nakedi introduced me in the previous blog. I am going to share with you my first experience in the bush. [caption id=…

Sunday November 9th marked the day of capturing the first leopard in my career. The event was too beautiful to mar with heavy words. Here is a full account of what happened that day in pictures. Removing the leopard from the trap requires a lot of…

 (KIGALI, RWANDA — July 18, 2022) The IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) — the first-ever Pan-African gathering of leaders, citizens, and interest groups focused on protected areas — begins today in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, with an…

African Wildlife Foundation maintains its high GuideStar ratings and Better Business Bureau accreditation for executing our mission in a fiscally responsible way. The following documents show how we leverage our funding to deliver programmatic…

African Wildlife Foundation, 1996.

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The Faro landscape in Cameroon includes Faro National Park. The landscape is home to diverse wildlife, including elephants and the largest hippo population in Central and West Africa. Maintaining its rich biodiversity requires a holistic response to…

Africa is thought to be the most vulnerable continent to climate change given its predominately climate-dependent livelihoods, extensive water-stressed populations, and low adaptive capacity. Weak economies, institutions, and governance structures…

The African Wildlife Foundation will miss an exemplary leader and an incredible friend. Africa will miss an inspirational Democrat and a peacemaker. Former President of the Republic of Botswana Sir Ketumile Masire's loss will also be felt in places…

By R. Michael Wright, President, AWFDust billows in through the open top of the battered Land Rover as we slowly squeeze between two gnarled acacia thorn trees. We drive for hours through an empty landscape, searching for signs of the pack of wild…