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World Ranger Day: AWF Honors the Heroes Conserving Africa’s Wildlife and Wild Lands

July 31, 2024
On this World Ranger Day, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) celebrates rangers and community scouts, who protect Africa’s wildlife and wildlands. Communities living near protected and conserved areas rely on these men and women to not only…

Why Plastic? Africa’s Contribution to the Global Plastic Policymaking Processes

November 14, 2023
As a Charles R Wall Young African Policy Fellow and a Marine Biologist, I am deeply committed to addressing plastic pollution. The upcoming third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) is not just an event on the calendar but…

What does success for Africa look like at COP15?

December 6, 2022
According to an OECD study, the average abundance of species population has declined by 44% globally since 1970. Recent expert research has assessed the impacts of climate change on ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities, finding that our…

The Africa Forum Berlin: Reframing Conservation for a Sustainable Future

September 12, 2024
Amid escalating biodiversity loss and the looming threat of climate change, Africa plays a crucial role in shaping the planet's future. The continent's abundant natural resources, which fuel global demand for energy, food, and raw materials,…

Rebuilding and Maintaining Species Populations

February 28, 2023
AWF’s Species team works with national governments to assess the status of a species population, set a vision for the future of that population—including factors affecting its relationship with people and the land—and identify clear approaches to…

Looking Ahead: Young African Professionals Shaping Africa’s Biodiversity Priorities

August 25, 2023
From August 14-18, AWF delegates engaged at the 19th ordinary session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ahead of the conference, the African Wildlife Foundation collaborated…

Investing in conservation higher education

October 25, 2021
Tackling conservation challenges holistically, in a way that benefits communities and accounts for the uniqueness of any given landscape, requires skilled program staff and leaders, well-trained in conservation methodologies and ready to take on new…

Funding gaps in Africa’s protected areas call for bold solutions

July 26, 2022
An invisible threat looms over the vast majority of Africa’s 8,600+ protected and conserved areas, besides habitat degradation and fragmentation, climate change, and biodiversity loss: a lack of resources.In 2020, COVID-19 laid bare the funding gaps…

Environmental policy expert: Africa's protected areas critical for development

June 29, 2022
As African Wildlife Foundation’s Vice President, Global Leadership, Frederick Kwame Kumah oversees strategic engagements with governments and multilateral institutions to strengthen Africa’s environmental policies and cultivate African leadership in…

Endangered Species Day: A Glimmer of Hope in the Fight Against Wildlife Trafficking

May 17, 2024
The recently published World Wildlife Crimes Report 2024 reveals that intensified conservation efforts have played a pivotal role in combating the illicit trade of elephant ivory and rhino horn. This report, released by the United Nations Office on…

Celebrating Africa Youth Day: Why We Need More Young African Biodiversity Scientists

November 1, 2023
Africa Youth Day is a momentous occasion that spotlights the incredible potential of the continent's youth leaders. At the recently concluded 25th gathering of the Subsidiary Body of Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA25) of the…

Capitalizing on Africa’s cultural, historical, and socioeconomic dependence on ecosystems

July 17, 2023
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…

Africa Day: Seizing the Opportunity to Shape Africa's Biodiversity Narrative

May 25, 2023
Africa is a continent of rich biodiversity and abundant natural resources, forming the basis of its success and offering numerous opportunities for sustainable development. As we commemorate Africa Day 2023, the theme urges the media to seize the…

Advancing the African conservation dialogue

December 12, 2022
We had the opportunity to sit down with Carol Pineau, an award-winning filmmaker and journalist with 20 years of experience reporting on Africa—and the host of Foreign Policy (FP) magazine’s podcast, “Africa Forward.” AWF recently partnered with…

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