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President Obama’s Announcement on Illegal Wildlife Trafficking Comes at Critical Time as Elephant and Rhino Poaching Reach Record Highs in AfricaNAIROBI, Kenya, July 01, 2013 — U.S. President Barack Obama announced today in a press conference with…

During U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Tanzania, and subsequent press conference, on Monday, he dropped the big announcement that the United States government would be putting efforts, and $10 million, toward combating wildlife…

The recent remarks by Botswana President H.E. Mokgweetsi Masisi regarding the potential export of elephants to Germany have ignited a long-overdue debate that the world has evaded for far too long. Regardless of whether his comments were perceived…

Fitzgerald, K., 2012. Understanding the ecological, economic and social context of conservancies in Zimbabwe. Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group, USAID. 

Since March 2020, the world had been treated to the captivating journey of 15 elephants — six adult females, three adult males, and six juveniles — who wandered over 500 kilometers from their home, a nature reserve called Xishuangbanna in China’s…

Much of what we know of elephants today — behaviors that suggest a rich emotional life, lifelong ties among family members, sophisticated communications, high intelligence, and so much more — is due to the groundbreaking field research of Cynthia…

39 Elephants Poached. Cameroon. We are in northern Cameroon, Boubba’ndjidda, National Park to be exact. We are close to the border of Chad. Boubba’ndjidda connects to Sena Oura National Park. We are on a scoping mission,…

My flight from Nairobi, Kenya to South Africa is filled with Kenyan Delegates, heading to the UNFCCC COP 17. Quite a mouthful of an acronym: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of Parties 17. Delegates from…

The U.K. government has announced that it will ban the trade of items made from ivory, a move seen by many conservationists as a hugely important step towards safeguarding the future of elephants.Announcing the new law, Environment Secretary Michael…

Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and Uganda Police Friday raided a palatial home in the suburbs of the capital and arrested three men believed to be dealers in the illegal ivory trade. The law enforcement agents, who were acting on a tip from the…

KAMPALA, UGANDA (APRIL 15, 2021) – African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has partnered with the Ugandan government and digital intelligence firm Cellebrite to train and certify wildlife law enforcement officers from Uganda Wildlife Authority on…

Uganda has an extraordinary natural beauty and significant untapped tourism potential. From the highest mountain range in Africa — the Mountains of the Moon — to the mighty Nile, Uganda is filled with natural beauty. So, it’s only natural that…