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In the heart of Tanzania, an innovative and ambitious conservation business venture is built on a simple premise - women are the key to wildlife conservation. Indeed, at the Esilalei Women's Cultural Boma in AWF's Maasai Steppe Heartland, Maasai…

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has long believed that the private sector has a pivotal role to play in protecting Africa’s wildlife and wild lands, as well as improving the lives of its people. Since 1998, one of AWF&rsquo…

Eric is responsible for institutional planning and priorities and all fundraising operations. He also leads AWF’s Executive Leadership Committee and supports the AWF Board of Trustees. His oversight across these areas ensures full and…

As African Wildlife Foundation’s Vice President, Global Leadership, Frederick Kwame Kumah oversees strategic engagements with governments and multilateral institutions to strengthen Africa’s environmental policies and cultivate African leadership in…

 (Harare, Zimbabwe-February 9, 2024)- Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Environment, Climate and Wildlife Honorable John Paradza made a three-day visit to the Mid Zambezi Valley communal areas for a community engagement exercise to get firsthand…

WASHINGTON, D.C. AND RICHMOND, B.C. (February 8, 2022) – African Wildlife Foundation announced today that partner Nature’s Path has added a new organic cereal, Rhino Rolls™, to its EnviroKidz breakfast family. In line with Nature’s Path…

How do rights holders decide how their community’s resources are used? Who gets a say in community decisions, and how can we ensure no one is left out? Who benefits from nature, and how are those benefits shared? These questions are central to…

What will it take to crush the ivory trade? This is the question governments and conservation groups like AWF are grappling with, as Africa’s elephants—and, unfortunately, many other species—continue to fall prey to the…

The Bili-Uele Protected Area Complex in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo comprises a region anchored by four protected areas totaling more than 40,000 sq. kilometers. The landscape boasts the largest population of the endangered eastern…

It was more than two years ago that AWF, through the African Apes Initiative, began reaching out to priority African great ape sites to offer our assistance in improving protection. Priority sites were chosen on such factors…

Henson A, Williams D, Dupain J, Gichohi H, Muruthi P. The Heartland Conservation Process: enhancing biodiversity conservation and livelihoods through landscape-scale conservation planning in Africa. Oryx. 2009;43(4):508-519. doi:10.1017…

Since the start, when four men met in a judge’s chambers to discuss the need for African conservation ownership and leadership, AWF’s agenda has been fueled and advanced by conversations, debates, planning sessions, education, and awareness-building…

I first met Lisa two years ago, at the Lupani Community School in Zambia. A shy, intelligent fifth grader, she was working hard to keep up with her studies. Now, in grade 7, Lisa has just won first prize in a district-level social studies…

This article is developed and written by the second cohort of the Charles R. Wall Young African Policy Fellows Program and the inaugural Conservation Leadership and Management Fellowship. Both programs aim to build the leadership, negotiation, and…

It is my personal belief that conservation in today’s world cannot happen without the aid of the communities who live side-by-side with the animals who we are trying to save.  This philosophy is one of the (many) reasons I was…