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Through the vegetation, meet the newest member of the Kyaguliro family group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Born to Tindamanyire on Thursday, September 15th, it was born just in time to be counted in the census of mountain…

The first time Epoko Loyenga Son saw a female bonobo with her young, he was shocked at how similar she was to a woman. “The mother was so caring that I literally had tears in my eyes seeing her nurture the infant bonobo,” said the eco-guard working…

After more than a year of training and field experience, the first round of AWF Conservation Management Trainees has already amassed a wealth of experience.George OkwaroTrainee George Okwaro most recently supported the Mau reforestation project in…

Longtime AWF followers might remember Nakedi Maputla, the leopard researcher working out of South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The intrepid South African recently became our Congo landscape ecologist, where he is working to protect…

Iyondji Community Bonobo Reserve (ICBR) was established at the request of the Iyondji community, who saw the benefits their neighbors were enjoying as the result of living alongside the Lomako Reserve—specifically job creation and income…

The endless expanse of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s rain forests can only be fully appreciated from the air, but the complexity of its life and the timelessness of its beauty are best grasped from the forest floor.  Attempts to…

The Bili-Uélé Protected Area Complex stretches over 78,000 square kilometers and hosts significant populations of Eastern chimpanzees and forest elephants. Because this area makes up part of the Congo Basin rainforest—a vital global carbon sink,…

At eleven years old, Mboyo Elombe already has a few loves. The first is a love for the natural wealth that her village holds. Her second is school. And her third is the Bonobo.For the past three years, Mboyo has been a member of the “Bonobo” Club,…

It’s hard to overstate the ecological value of the Congo Basin. The second-largest tropical rainforest in the world after the Amazon, the Basin is sometimes referred to as the world’s second lung for its ability to absorb…

The Virunga Massif is divvied up among three countries, and there is a place in the Massif where Rwandan farmland abuts a Congolese park. On any given day, there is conflict.But this conflict is not between people. It is between farmers and wildlife…