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Today, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) joins the world in celebrating World Environment Day. Since its establishment almost five decades ago, World Environment Day is marked on the 5th of June every year globally. Under the theme 'Time for…

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and a number of other wildlife groups have signed onto a Statement of Concern addressed to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urging Japan to ban all domestic trade in ivory. The East Asian country, along…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) welcomes the decision by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife Najib Balala to suspend the ongoing translocation of black rhinos following the death of eight of them. The rhinos were among the…

Climate negotiations concluded with a landmark decision on loss and damage, which is a progressive move for Africans suffering the devastating impacts of climate change and a sign of the power of collective efforts of African governments, youth,…

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is calling on African governments to place a moratorium on the trophy hunting of lions in Africa. The call comes in the wake of the tragedy surrounding Cecil the lion, one of Zimbabwe’s most famous…

According to the Great Elephant Census, Botswana holds 37% of Africa’s endangered elephant population, making it home to the largest population in the world. Despite the lack of fences on the international border, data from tracking collars showed…

(MARCH 15, 2022) For the coming weeks, the world’s experts are gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to set the biodiversity agenda for the next decade. The stage is being set for the…

 AWF Advocacy News: Public Support Climbing to 50,000 Voices Urging Congress to Increase FY22 Funding for Wildlife ConservationWASHINGTON, D.C. (April 14, 2021) – A new online campaign from African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is quickly gaining…

African Voices Help Inform Bipartisan END Wildlife Trafficking Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2020; Jurisdictional Conflicts, De-prioritization of Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) by Governments Contribute to Flourishing Wildlife Crime;…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has on December 7, 2021 handed over operational facilities to the Government of Zimbabwe to aid the fight against poaching and wildlife trafficking. In a ceremony held on the banks of the Zambezi River in…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) Global Ambassador and Board Member, Veronica Varekova was among the key personalities invited by the Dvur Kralove Zoo in the in the central Czech Republic city of Dvur Kralove for the third rhino horn burning…

“I am both proud and humbled to be part of Kwita Izina, because if there is a more powerful statement of our spiritual connection to nature than what Rwanda has done with the mountain gorillas, then I am yet to find it," says Veronica Varekova.&nbsp…

WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NAIROBI, KENYA (October 22, 2020) – African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) today issued an official statement in support of "The Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt (END) Wildlife Trafficking Act Reauthorization,” introduced…

On the second day of the Africa Climate Summit, Frederick Kwame Kumah, AWF Vice President of Global Leadership, joined the Clean Cooking Alliance for a panel discussion on “Unlocking the Value of Clean Cooking for Nature.” Panelists expressed their…

On the final day of the Africa Climate Summit, African Heads of State and Government unanimously adopted the Nairobi Declaration, a landmark document that will be brought forward to the United Nations General Assembly and will form the basis of…