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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…

Washington D.C., July 13, 2017 – The New York State will destroy more than one ton of illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. The ivory tusks, trinkets, statues, jewelry, and other decorative items will be crushed in Central…

BROOKLYN, N.Y. AND WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 24, 2020) – At PS 107 in Brooklyn, the PTA goes above and beyond its routine work by making a special contribution to the global community. Each year, the “Beast Relief” committee at PS 107 partners with a…

Covering an area about the size of Switzerland, the Bili-Uele Protected Area Complex in northern DRC is facing pressures from mining, deforestation, and insecurity, all of which threaten important wildlife habitat. AWF has worked in the area since…

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…

New research by INTERPOL has found limited, but clear evidence of criminals using the Darknet to sell illicit wildlife products from critically endangered species such as rhino horn, elephant ivory and tiger parts and products. According to INTERPOL…

A team of scientists recently discovered a new species of the giant elephant shrew in the remote mountains of Tanzania. The grey-faced elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon udzungwensis) is the largest elephant shrew known to science so far (weighing in at…

AWF is establishing a Heartlands Science Unit to support its African Heartlands conservation program.The science unit will combine expertise currently available in Africa and in Washington, D.C., to articulate the scientific principles upon which…

To hear Craig Sholley tell it, AWF never intended to build schools. Supporting capacity building and opportunities for conservation education, sure. But physically building a school? “At the time, we couldn’t visualize a…

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…

On August 26, at Basankusu, (province of Equateur), 60 Eco-Guard trainees graduated from the Congolese Institute for Conservation (ICCN), the DR Congo's wildlife and parks authority. These newly graduated Eco-Guards will be in charge of managing and…

Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), WildAid, and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) have released a striking new public service announcement (PSA) illustrating the horrific consequences of the increasing demand for illegal rhino horn…

Legislation Establishing Fundraising Stamp Heads to White HouseWASHINGTON, DC--It's official! The Multinational Species Conservation Funds (MSCF) Semipostal Stamp Act, HR 1454, is on its way to President Obama for signing. The new legislation, which…

Addis Ababa – August 18, 2018 - The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA), the German Development Cooperation financed through German Development Bank KfW and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) have launched a four-year project to…

African Wildlife Foundation and Gecko Publishing have launched a new partnership where the UK-based magazine publishing company will produce a customized version of each issue of its Travel Africa magazine to be supplied to 3,000 of AWF’s…