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Four years after leaving the helm of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), anthropologist and Kenyan Parliament member Richard Leakey has been reappointed to the post.He succeeds conservationist David Western, who left the directorship in September…

One of the most studied wildlife populations in Africa, the elephants of Kenya's Amboseli National Park are the park's main wildlife viewing attraction. Every year, thousands of tourists visit the area, many of them to view the park's free-ranging…

AWF has been investing in African conservation leadership for more than 60 years. Early on, we helped to establish influential conservation colleges and wildlife clubs that have reached thousands of young Africans. Throughout our history, we have…

Okita-Ouma, B., Muruthi, P. M. 2016. Law enforcement on illegal wildlife trade: what works? AWF Conservation in Practice Papers. May 2016.

“You did it!” we all screamed towards her, “no, WE did it.., IGCP did it” was the response from Salvatrice, IGCP’s Rwanda Program Enterprise Officer. After all the efforts, time spent, uncountable number of trips from Musanze to Kinigi, discussions…

To spread the ivory ban idea as far as possible, I filmed a 12-min video introducing the history and impact of ivory trade, habits of elephants and my "Schools United for Elephants" campaign, in both English and Mandarin,…

More than 20,000 elephants were poached in Africa in 2013, but new report by international trade monitoring group suggests poaching is showing signs of leveling off, perhaps due to better law enforcement For a second straight year, the…

Lang Lang, the world’s most famous classical pianist performing today, has stepped up to fight the global ivory trade in a stirring new public service announcement (PSA) to be distributed throughout his native China, the world&rsquo…

AWF Conservation in Practice Papers. 2010

AWF Working Papers, 2005.

Even before Tarangire was established as a national park back in 1969, AWF had been working to protect the phenomenal natural resources in the area. Though not as well known as its sister park a few miles distant on the Serengeti plains, Tarangire…

Worden, J., Reid, R. S., Gichohi, H. (2003). Land-use impacts on large wildlife and livestock in the swamps of the greater Amboseli ecosystem, Kajiado District, Kenya. LUCID Project, International Livestock Research Institute. p. 100.

MAASAI STEPPE HEARLTAND, TANZANIA--The Government of Tanzania aims for all districts, including villages, to have their own land-use plans by 2010. However, as of 2009, only about a tenth of all villages have such plans in place.How are local…

Reaser, J.K., Tabor, G.M., Becker D., Muruthi, P., Witt, A., Woodley, S.J., Ruiz-Aravena, M., Patz, A.J., Hickey, V., Hudson, P.J., Locke, H., Plowright, R.K. 2021. Land use-induced spillover: priority actions for protected and conserved area…