Amboseli National Park - in the AWF-designated Kilimanjaro Heartland - hosts an amazing profusion of diverse wildlife. The park is a stunning mosaic of grassy plains, clear springs, mud pans, and Phoenix palm woodland framed by the presence of Mount…
A new report supported by African Wildlife Foundation and others details the valuable ecosystem services provided by "lionscapes," or landscapes in which lions thrive as apex predators.
Lionscapes offer a larger than average share of:
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The African Wildlife Foundation, a pan-African organization that works together with the people of Africa to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever, is pleased to partner with the Global African Investment Summit (TGAIS)…
In “Cape Buffalo Fight,” photographer Federico Veronesi captures a dramatic wildlife encounter in Kenya’s Lake Nakuru National Park. A pair of headbutting buffaloes is a common sight across Africa’s vast savannas, but Veronesi’s stirring close-up…
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In charge of ecological monitoring and biodiversity conservation at the Dja Biosphere Reserve in Cameroon, Roger Bruno Tabue Mbobda became an ecoguard because, quite simply, “I wanted to become a renowned environmentalist.” It is not an easy job,…
When the International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP) realized that the lack of security in Rwanda's Volcano National Park would prevent them from training rangers there to monitor the mountain gorillas, they did the next best thing: They…
Underneath the soil and within the earth, the world is not quiet. Down below insects slither, small rodents and reptiles tunnel and call to one another, plant roots shuffle the soil as they stretch out — each casting an acoustic shadow. Some of the…
How will climate change likely affect the montane forests that are home to the highly endangered mountain gorilla? Experts gathering in Rwanda are exploring that question with the aim of developing conservation measures that will ensure the survival…
The goal of the Grevy Zebra Project, in AWF-designated Samburu Heartland, over the past year has been to better understand the population and distribution of these magnificent animals. Found only in Africa north of the equator, Grevy's zebras are…
ZAMBEZI HEARTLAND, ZAMBIA--At the invitation of the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), the Green Living Project recently visited the Chiawa Community Cultural Village, holding it up as a unique model of cultural and environmental sustainability."We…
Three intrepid travelers with a singular mission -- to educate and inspire citizens to live and support a more sustainable lifestyle -- recently arrived in the African Heartlands.Rob Holmes, founder of The Green Living Project, is a longtime…
LOS ANGELES, CA--The Green Living Project, a leading media production and marketing company focused on global sustainability initiatives, will return to Africa this month to document a broad range of unique and successful sustainability projects.As…