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The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) will invest $25 million over the next four years to support efforts by African governments and local communities to protect wildlife and wild lands on the continent. .blog-details + img[alt="African Wildlife…

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Today the U.S. Departments of Interior, State and Justice released the implementation plan for the U.S. government’s National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking. While the strategy, issued by President Obama on February 11,…

Continuing the building momentum around fighting the illicit wildlife trade, the Royal Thai Government destroyed 2.1 tons of confiscated ivory on August 26. This follows similar ivory destruction events that have taken place throughout…

Receiving the 20 brand new cameras is a blessing for us. I am extremely grateful for this. We are finally able to experiment further on the most efficient way to get reliable results from the use of cameras. In the first part of the survey we relied…

As African heads of state prepare to join Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Africa for the 6th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation, a group of respected Chinese and African business and policy leaders is…

Growing up in the Amhara Region, North Shewa Zone, about 180 kilometers north of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, Tibebu Yelemfrhat Simegn spent his childhood tending to his family’s livestock. As a young shepherd, he was responsible for protecting…

As a young lawyer, I was nervous yet excited to be stationed in Tsavo — the largest wildlife ecosystem in Kenya. This landscape carries the biggest populations of elephants in the country. Working amid this beautiful natural resource in southern…

According to an OECD study, the average abundance of species population has declined by 44% globally since 1970. Recent expert research has assessed the impacts of climate change on ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities, finding that our…

Update: The Big Cat Public Safety Act Becomes LawA year after “Tiger King,” what has changed for captive lions, tigers, and cheetahs?There are as many as 10,000 privately held captive tigers in the U.S., as compared to fewer than 4,000 tigers in the…

It is early evening at Taita Ranch, which lies adjacent to Kenya’s biggest national park, the Tsavo. We drive slowly along the bumpy roads in the 98,000-acre conservancy, stopping to peer into bushes, alert for any signs of movement. We are looking…

Every year on 4 December, World Cheetah Day draws attention to one of Africa’s most iconic big cats. Today, there are thought to be no more than about 7,000 cheetahs left in the wild across Africa. Their decline mirrors deeper problems in the…

New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), WCS and Tiffany and Co., will destroy more than one ton of illegal ivory on Thursday, August 3, 2017. The event will be held in Central Park, New York City. The ivory was seized…

A training workshop to increase the expertise of law enforcement officers to tackle wildlife trafficking began today in Kampala, Uganda. Hosted by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in partnership with International Fund for Animal…

Landscapes that host lions provide more ecosystem services than those that do not, a new report released to mark this year’s World Lion Day has found.The report, dubbed The New Lion Economy, explores the contribution of lions to African economies…