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Amboseli Elephant Research Program (AERP) Director Cynthia Moss has been awarded a 2001 MacArthur Genius Fellowship. In 1972, while she was editor of AWF's newsletter Cynthia Moss established AERP, which has become the longest running study of…

Horrific poaching incident inside Hwange National Park underscores the need for engaging communities living near national parks LIVINGSTONE, Zambia—Recent reports suggest more than 300 elephants have died in Zimbabwe’s…

If you’ve been following our blogs and recent news, you’ve probably heard about the horrific elephant poisonings that occurred in Zimbabwe early last month. When I first wrote about this tragic situation, I reported on the…

Much of AWF's conservation work on the ground centers around these three questions: where do groups of wildlife migrate? Which routes do they use? And when? When we need answers to these questions, we turn to GIS.GIS (Geographic Information System)…

Two months ago, I arrived in Kinshasa after a grueling four weeks deep inside the dense Congo Basin rainforest delivering critical materials so rural communities can protect themselves against the coronavirus disease.It was an extraordinarily…

Mohamadou Ahmadou never imagined that River Faro, the gushing tributary of the Benue that his parents forbade him and his siblings from swimming in, would one day fill with sand and dry up in some sections. Growing up in Tchamba, Northern Cameroon…

Once a refuge to huge populations of forest and savanna elephants, chimpanzees, bongos, and elk — as well as increasingly rare big cats like leopards and lions — the Mbomou-Uele region along the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeast border is now…

Earlier this year African Wildlife Foundation’s ecological monitoring team and conservation partners surveying the Simien Mountains National Park were delighted to discover three Ethiopian wolf pups. With less than 500 remaining in Ethiopia’s…

What would you place more value on, a cow or a gorilla? Chances are your response is 'gorilla'. But for people living near the gorilla parks, a cow is far more valuable, potentially life-changing. Benjamin Mugabukomeye, IGCP&…

UPDATE JUNE 15, 2020: See AWF's updated COVID-19 Emergency Response Framework COVID-19 STATEMENT April 23, 2020: The impact of coronavirus is being felt across the world and conservation projects are no different. These are…

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Nackoney, J., Demol, M., Akpona, H. A., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Dupain, J., C. Facheux, M. C. Hansen, J-C. Kalemba, A.G. Kehbila, P. Potapov, A. Tabu Senga, J. Six, S. Turubanova, D. Williams & Vanlauwe, B. 2022. Coupled forest zoning and…

Juma was telling me about the movements of Grevy’s during different seasons when we heard the loud crack of wood somewhere in the thick bush ahead. He stopped and was silent. We heard another branch snap and he turned around and mouthed the word …