After taking a quick glance at poaching and other environmental statistics, it’s oftentimes hard to figure out what our generation’s environmental legacy will be for our children. Will there be anything left for them? For that…
I grew up in subtropical Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and, for all of my childhood and formative years, lived in close proximity to the relatively small but spectacular Krantzkloof Nature Reserve. For a peri-urban reserve, it has…
The spread of tuberculosis among the lions in South Africa's Kruger National Park is raising fears that the entire lion population may be at risk. TB has occurred primarily in buffalo in the southern sector of the park, where 1,300 of Kruger's…
The Tsavo-Mkomazi landscape straddles the boundary between Kenya and Tanzania. It is one of the world’s largest protected areas, home to more than a third of Kenya’s elephants and nearly a fifth of its black rhinos. Stresses include infrastructure…
The number of elephants in Tsavo East and Tsavo West national parks in Kenya continues to grow, but more slowly than in the early 1990s.A January aerial survey of the two parks plus the Rombo and Galana Ranches and Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania …
For conservation to be successful in the Congo landscape, the way in which AWF intervenes requires a lot of thought.
It involves continual investment in sustainable and widespread land-use planning, which seeks to regulate the way…
US President Donald Trump's announcement on June 1 that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement could have disastrous consequences for Africa’s environment and the poor, Mr. Kaddu Sebunya, the African Wildlife Foundation…
The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has called for the re-evaluation of conservation models across the continent following the killing of a lion in Zimbabwe by trophy hunters. The six-year-old lion, named Xanda, was shot by an American trophy…
Sitati, N., Gichohi, N., Lenaiyasa, P., Millanga, P., Maina, M., Warinwa, F., and Muruthi, P., 2014. Tree species diversity and dominance in Gelai Forest Reserve, Tanzania. Journal of Energy and Natural Resources. 3(3): 31-37.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT CRAIG SHOLLEY AT CSHOLLEY@AWF.ORG or 1-888-4WILDLIFEITINERARY:Wednesday, October 15ALOFTThis evening board your international overnight flight to London. (1 night, meals aloft)JFK - LHR BA116 11:00PM 11:00AM…
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT CRAIG SHOLLEY AT CSHOLLEY@AWF.ORG or 1-888-4WILDLIFESOUTH AFRICASouth Africa is commonly promoted as "The Rainbow Nation" and "A World In One Country", and with two oceans, subtropical savannah, arid…
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT CRAIG SHOLLEY AT CSHOLLEY@AWF.ORG or 1-888-4WILDLIFEITINERARY:Monday, February 23TRAVELING TO TANZANIAToday board your international flight to Africa. There are a variety of ways to get to Arusha for the…
Saturday August 20 - Tuesday August 30, 2005Safari includes special briefings by AWF Conservation Program staff.FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT CRAIG SHOLLEY AT CSHOLLEY@AWF.ORG or 1-888-4-WILDLIFEITINERARY:To Arrive August 20TRAVELING TO…