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  (NAIROBI, KENYA — June 16, 2022) The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), in support of the African Protected Areas Directors (APAD), convened the Steering Committee of the African conservation financing mechanism, which sets out to…

WASHINGTON, DC--AWF is pleased to announce that Mr. Allan Jordan of Fort Bragg, California, is the winner of its May membership safari sweepstakes. Mr. Jordan will join a dozen other AWF members for AWF's Best of Tanzania Safari in late July…

Banhine National Park, known for its wetlands, used to be home to notable herbivores, including buffalo, sable, tsetsebe, hartebeest, zebra, and wildebeest. Sadly, those populations were decimated in the civil wars of the 1980s and early 1990s…

KINSHASA, CONGO AND NAIROBI, KENYA — An attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo by unidentified gunmen has claimed the lives of six park rangers and wounded others at Virunga National Park. The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) condemns the…

Before this commissioning, AWF trained 20 officers as evidence custodians at the Kenya Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Academy (KWS LEA) NAIROBI, KENYA (March 30, 2023) — The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), through the funding of the…

NAIROBI, KENYA -- After heated debate delegates at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP15) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, rejected proposals from Tanzania and Zambia to …

  Friday, 12th April 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya - The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is thrilled to announce the official commencement of the 2024 cohort of the Charles R. Wall Youth Leadership Programme. This year's program marks a…

 This week, the Second Edition African Youth Summit on Biodiversity (AYSB2023) marked the commencement of an exciting and vital gathering that sought to empower young leaders across Africa in the realm of biodiversity conservation. Organized by…

This week, the Second Edition African Youth Summit on Biodiversity (AYSB2023) marked the commencement of an exciting and vital gathering that sought to empower young leaders across Africa in the realm of biodiversity conservation. Organized by the…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) continues to lead impactful climate adaptation initiatives in Africa. In the Congo Basin, our collaborative efforts in Bili-Uele and Maringa-Lompori-Wamba have resulted in a remarkable 65% improvement in food…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) congratulates AWF Charlotte Fellow Shivani Bhalla, who this week received the Young Women Conservation Biologists' Award from the Society for Conservation Biology's (SCB's) Africa Section Award Panel.SCB…

African lions and their continued survival are among today's major international conservation issues. Scientists believe lion populations have declined from a high of 100,000 two decades ago to just 23,000. AWF's Bernard Kissui is pursuing research…

The recent Africa Conservation Forum (ACF), held in Nairobi, Kenya, marked a significant turning point. Organized by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the forum brought together a diverse range of stakeholders under the…

 NAIROBI, KENYA (October 9, 2021) — African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) today attended the first-ever 'Magical Kenya Tembo Naming Festival' at Amboseli National Park. The initiative is an innovative sustainability mechanism to champion elephant…

At a regional summit focused on combating wildlife crime, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) CEO Patrick Bergin called for the political will to prosecute wildlife crime at all levels of society, from the poacher to the corrupt government official…