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VIRUNGA HEARTLAND, DRC--The International Gorilla Conservation Program, a coalition of the African Wildlife Foundation, Fauna and Flora International, and the Worldwide Fund for Nature, recently provided upwards of $50,000 to the Congolese national…

Washington, DC--Eugene Rutagarama, who has spent 20 years protecting Africa's endangered mountain gorillas in war-torn Rwanda, is being featured this week on CNN's African Voices.Recipient of the Jean Paul Getty Prize in 1996, the Goldman…

"My name is Eugene Rutagarama and my work is to protect mountain gorillas."CNN has launched a global initiative to showcase CNN Heroes, ordinary people who accomplish extraordinary deeds in areas ranging from the environment to civil rights. AWF's…

Young people from all over Africa gathered in Cape Town on November 5, 2019 to participate in discussions that will shape the continent’s economic, development, and political future. The conference, dubbed 'Our Joint Future - Lessons From Africa,'…

The World Conservation Congress voted earlier today in Hawaii to pass Motion 007 on the closure of domestic markets for elephant ivory. The African Wildlife Foundation fully supports the vote earlier today (10 September 2016) on…

Nkechi’s father had only paid for her brother to take the final exams in primary school, bringing her education to an end after primary 6. Thankfully, when it came time for her own children to progress on from primary school, her…

In the past few years, we have seen a big movement toward domestic bans for ivory and rhino horn from major consumer countries, including China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. However, other countries are lagging behind — in Laos and…

The recent launch of the U.S. Global Climate Ambition Initiative is fueling speculation about more proactive U.S. climate policies abroad, what they mean for African countries, and how much influence they can wield. President Biden’s climate…

Ahead of the UNFCC Climate Change Conference, Cop 28,  UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, reiterated the importance of ensuring that women’s and girls’ rights, abilities and…

Over a hundred sacks of trash — discarded tins of tomato paste, sacks, clothes, and more — were removed from Volcanoes National Park in just two days of a renewed effort by IGCP to clean the park of waste and exotic plant species left by people.In…

From its earliest years, AWF believed in conservation education as a way forward for Africa's wildlife and wild lands. Early efforts focused on developing a cadre of trained conservation technicians and leaders at the graduate and postgraduate…

Education is not only a systematic approach to gaining knowledge, but it is also a source of empowerment. The unfortunate reality is a high percentage of individuals in rural Africa do not have access to a quality education and are being left behind…

On December 15, 1972, the U. N. General Assembly adopted a resolution designating June 5 as World Environment Day, urging “Governments and the organizations in the United Nations system to undertake on that day every year world-wide activities…