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(KIGALI, RWANDA — July 18, 2022) African leaders have officially launched A Pan-African Conservation Trust (A-PACT), an initiative that will see countries strive to create a sustainable financial mechanism for Africa’s protected and conserved areas…

As more countries recognize wildlife poaching and trafficking as serious crimes run by organized syndicates, they turn to the legal system to protect wildlife. Not only is legislation being strengthened across eastern Africa, but the capacity of law…

As world leaders, climate change experts, and various organizations convene in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for the 27th UN Climate Change Conference, African Wildlife Foundation’s 2022 Charles R. Wall Young African Policy Fellows program ensures that…

The African Wildlife Foundation has been at the forefront of rhinoceros conservation for several decades. In the early 1970s rhino horn was in high demand in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, and these magnificent creatures were being poached to the…

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s National Community Conservation Strategy cements the role of local communities living around — and sometimes inside — protected areas as essential for maintaining the integrity of the country’s critical natural…

Two years ago I embarked on an opportunity of a lifetime. It changed my life for it helped me gain independence, confidence, and skills that every aspiring scientist should have as they move forward with their conservation career.  Of course,…

Sundowner Stories are a new blog series of first-hand stories going behind the scenes of AWF’s remarkable history. In the second installment, AWF Vice President, Species Conservation and Science Philip Muruthi reminisces about the birth of AWF’s…

If wealth were measured in biodiversity, the forests of the Congo Basin would be rich indeed. Wildlife from the endangered bonobo to the Congo peacock can be found in this ecosystem, not to mention more than 600 species of trees (and that…

A photo diary from Becky Walter, an AWF intern in the field. Click on any of the stunning images below to view it in full size. "Near the end of my stay in the Kazungula Heartland, I went up in a helicopter above Victoria Falls.  Having spent a…

When Dr. Simon Munthali called to tell me that our CEO, Dr. Patrick Bergin, was planning to come to the field to spend a few days, I couldn’t believe my ears. My brain immediately went berserk. I started counting stock of the good things and the not…

As we approach the imminent COP 28 meeting in Dubai, it has become abundantly clear that the myriad global challenges we face are intrinsically linked to climate change. Climate change exacerbates these issues, and it is, therefore, pivotal to our…

My day starts like this:4:45am: Wake up and take a shower (I’m extremely grumpy* at this stage).5:00am: Still grumpy, I get into the research car with my backpack and laptop bag and follow the bus from Shishangane (Staff Village) to the lodge …

11:00am: I take the research car and go and upload pictures from the cameras. I’m unsettled at this stage because I’m alone. I get to the first camera station. I get out of the car, pick up the stones that lay right next to the car and throw them in…