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Large predators are returning to Soysambu conservancy after historical displacement by livestock ranching. This is thanks to the growing zebra and buffalo populations found there, allowing Soysambu to act as a critical dispersal area for lions from…
NAIROBI, KENYA (March 23, 2021) — One hundred youth from 23 countries in Africa have been recognized today as the top youth leaders in conservation in the continent. This is the first-ever Top 100 young African conservation leaders list, a…
News Advisory /// One hundred under-35 conservationists will be the recipients of the first-ever Top 100 Youth Conservation Award in 2021. The award is a collaboration between the Africa Alliance of the YMCA, World Scouts Movement, African Wildlife…
I heard the other day on the radio that an offender had been acquitted, and that his acquittal was blamed on a failure of the criminal justice system. This was not a wildlife case, but it caught my attention because I had never heard of an…
These days it is difficult to escape the buzz surrounding Netflix's "Tiger King" series that has captured the attention of millions of viewers, particularly in the United States. As a conservationist and Zimbabwean, it is even more challenging to…
There’s more than one way to make a sandwich, especially if you like the crusts cut off and the finale triangle-shaped—ask any 5- to 7-year-old! Similarly, there’s more than one way to enter AWF’s Congo landscape in northwestern Democratic…
At the busy Port of Matadi, the largest deep-water port in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Thomas Bile Bekoka, an inspector at the Office National des Transports (ONATRA), has long focused on port logistics. However, like many of…
The rapid expansion of small-scale farming in wildlife-rich and ecologically sensitive areas is one of the leading threats to biodiversity in the fertile wetlands of Tanzania’s southern breadbasket — and across the African continent.Since 2014,…
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We’re all pretty familiar with how addicting mobile games can be. Now, you can play guilt free knowing that your gaming helps protect Africa’s threatened species.
Wild Warriors is a mobile game…
KAMPALA-The Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda this week launched a 10-year transboundary initiative to conserve the world's endangered mountain gorillas and their habitats. Only 720 mountain gorillas remain, and 380 of them dwell in…