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On June 5, 2006 Voice of America's Cole Mallard interviewed AWF's Adam Henson. The transcript of the interview appears below.Tonight, in our continuing series on the competition for resources between humans and wildlife, these questions: How serious…

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AWF Conservation in Practice Papers. 2014

AWF Working Papers, 2005

A virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas VIRUNGA HEARTLAND, Rwanda, April 4, 2011 --In a study published this week in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, a…

Muthiuru, Amos C., Ramiro D. Crego, Jemimah A. Simbauni, Philip M. Muruthi, Grace Waiguchu, Fredrick Lala, James D. A. Millington, and Eunice W. Kairu. 2024. “Human Footprint and Rainfall Shape Masai Giraffe’s Habitat Suitability and Connectivity in…

On Saturday 25 April, two men were arrested for carrying 703 kg (1,550 lb) of elephant ivory in southern Kenya. The seizure, the biggest in recent times in Kenya, was made possible thanks to the efforts by AWF-supported game scouts.The two men were…

BASEL, SWITZERLAND--Swiss watchmaker Hublot SA this week unveiled the "Big Bang Out of Africa," a limited special edition timepiece to benefit the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF).Hublot designed the watch to support AWF Goodwill Ambassador…

Today marks the International Day for Biological Diversity, as a good a day as any to celebrate the diversity of species and ecosystems in Africa. This year’s theme, biodiversity and sustainable tourism, coincides with the observance…

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The next day (October 31), John Varty (JV), Andy Coetzee, Francois Botha, Hendri and I went out to bait the cages. JV is famous for his work with big cats and his tiger project down in the Karoo. Andy has more than twenty years of experience…

Day 1 (October 30th) At 07:00, Johan Malan of the Game Capture Unit from South African National Parks Board (SANParks), together with three assistants, brought four cage traps to the Singita Concession. The cage traps would be used to capture two…

Protecting the black rhino in the wild is considerably less expensive than preserving the endangered animals in captivity, a recent AWF-sponsored study has found.Poaching has resulted in a 95 percent decline in the world's black rhino population…