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Enhancing Livelihoods through PFM in Northern Tanzania Project (European Union). 2017.

In many cases, poaching, habitat loss, and other threats to wildlife occur because people do not have other options for making a living. In Cameroon, the DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, we helped local community members pursue economic…

In the semi-arid lands of Zimbabwe’s Mbire District, wildfires have long been a persistent challenge, decimating vegetation, endangering wildlife, and threatening the livelihoods of local communities. The region is part of the Middle-Zambezi Valley,…

In May 2015, Damas Patrick Mbaga came on board as African Wildlife Foundation’s first hydrologist. Stationed in Mbeya, Tanzania, he spent the next few years teaching local communities how to better manage their water sources in one of the main sub…

Leader-Williams, N., Kayera, J.A. and Overton, G.L., 1996. Community-based conservation in Tanzania: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in February 1994.AWF-Related Sections:Bergin, P. 1995. Tanzania National Parks Community Conservation Service…

A community forced to move 30 years ago off land now falling within the boundaries of South Africa's Kruger National Park has regained its rights to nearly 100 square miles of park land.Under the terms of the agreement reached in the spring with…

Great progress has been made in the past year through a partnership between AWF and a local community in Botswana.Late in 2002, AWF signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with Sankuyo Tshwaragano Management Trust (STMT). STMT is a community…

AWF Working Papers, 2005.

In Botswana, when you think of tourism, the first thing that comes to mind is the Okavango Delta, known worldwide for its beauty, abundant wildlife, mokoro (dugout canoes), and exclusive tourist camps. For many of the visitors to the Okavango, these…

Bordering the Lomako forest, in the north-western region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a protected area straddling the provinces of Equateur, Tshuapa, and Mongala, created to protect ecosystems. Deep in the equatorial rainforest between…

Volcanoes National Park is at the center of a shift in Rwanda’s conservation story. A shift shaped not only by institutions, but by communities stepping forward to become stewards of biodiversity.For Nyirabureteri Beatrice, that change began with a…

The people of northern Tanzania and their livestock long ago adapted to living alongside wildlife. For millennia, the Maasai have tracked the movements of wildebeests to identify good grazing; the favorite hideouts of lions to avoid attacks on…

AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-7.

Emerton, L., 1999. Community conservation research in Africa: principles and comparative practice. Global Environmental Change Programme. Paper, 9.