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The northern part of the Laikipia-Samburu Heartland, just north of the equator, where Mt. Kenya's foothills give way to desert, is inhabited by some 107,000 members of the Samburu tribe, a nomadic, pastoral people also known as the Liokop.The…

Dr. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement (GBM) and winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, is visiting Starbucks Coffee Company headquarters on March 14, 2006. Dr. Maathai, a member of the Kenyan Parliament, arranged the visit to learn…

As the first-ever annual World Giraffe Day on June 21 approaches, world’s tallest land mammal threatened by conflict with humans, habitat loss, war, and disease The overall giraffe population in Africa has fallen by 40 percent in the…

Nigeria is home to a wealth of biodiversity within its seven national parks. Nigeria lies on the western part of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. It contains several large urban centers like the capital city Abuja and is one of sub-Saharan Africa’s…

 NICKELODEON INTERNATIONAL AND AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION PREMIERE WILDLIFE SPECIAL TO INSPIRE KIDS TO HELP ENDANGERED ANIMALS TANZANIA ENVIRONMENT ADDED TO NICKELODEON’S HIT GEOGRAPHY APP “DORA’S WORLDWIDE ADVENTURE”  …

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) joins forces with 8 other world-leading conservation organisations (African Wildlife Foundation, Fauna & Flora International, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The…

African Wildlife Foundation announces new Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action to scale up investment in Africa for the benefit of people and wildlife NEW YORK, September 24, 2013—The perception of Africa as a troubled…

Today, 32 environmental and conservation organizations appealed to Yahoo! Japan, the world's largest internet ivory seller, and its major shareholder SoftBank, to halt all elephant ivory sales on Yahoo! Japan’s shopping and auctions sites.An open…

After losing the collared leopard I spent the week moving cage traps to other areas in the hope of capturing two other leopards to collar for research. During that period I worked with some of the guys from Singita’s guiding department. This was a…

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…