Formerly widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa, today just 3,000-5,500 African wild dogs remain, with most populations still declining.

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AWF WORKING PAPERS

  1. Sumba, Warinwa, Lenaiyasa and Muruthi. The Koija Starbeds Ecolodge: A Case Study of a Conservation Enterprise in Kenya. AWF Working Papers, 2007.
  2. Muruthi, P. The Process of Preparing a General Management Plan for a Protected Area. AWF Working Papers, 2006.
  3. African Wildlife Foundation. Community Owned and Run: Case Study of Santawani Lodge, Ngamiland, Botswana. AWF Working Papers, 2005.
  4. Sumba, Bergin, Jones. Land Conservation Trusts: A Case Study of Manyara Ranch, Tanzania. AWF Working Papers, 2005.
  5. Hatfield, R. Economic Value of the Bwindi and Virunga Gorilla Mountain Forests. AWF Working Papers, 2005.
  6. Kiyiapi, Ntiati, Mwongela, Hatfield, Williams. A Community Business: Elerai Ranch and Conservation Area, Kenya. AWF Working Papers, 2005.
  7. Metcalfe, S. Landscape Conservation and Land Tenure in Zambia: Community Trusts in the Kazungula Heartland. AWF Working Papers, 2005.
  8. Metcalfe, S. Transboundary Protected Area Impacts on Communities: Case Study of Three Southern Africa Transboundary Conservation Initiatives. AWF Working Papers, 2005.
  9. Muruthi, P. Human Wildlife Conflict: Lessons Learned From AWFs African Heartlands. AWF Working Papers, 2005.

 

AWF CONSERVATION IN PRACTICE PAPERS

  1. Mwima and Mandima. AWF's Experiences in the Management of Fisheries in two Southern African Landscapes. AWF Conservation in Practice Papers, 2005.
  2. Mandima and Mwima. Baseline Fish Biodiversity Surveys: Experiences from the Zambezi River, Southern Africa. AWF Conservation in Practice Papers, 2005.
  3. Muruthi, P. African Heartlands: A Science-Based and Pragmatic Approach to Landscape Level Conservation in Africa. AWF Conservation in Practice Papers, 2005.
  4. Dunham, Kevin. Aerial Survey of Elephants and Other Large Herbivores in the Zambezi Heartland (Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia): 2003. A Report for African Wildlife Foundation, May 2004.

 

COMMUNITY CONSERVATION SERIES

  1. Barrow, Bergin, Infield, Lembuya. The Peoples' Voice: Partnership and Community Conservation. AWF CC Discussion Papers, CC-DP-2.
  2. Barrow, E. Who Gains? Who Loses? Biodiversity in Savanna Systems. AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-3.
  3. Barrow, E. Community Conservation Approaches and Experiences From East Africa. AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-4.
  4. Dembe E. and Bergin, P. Defining the 'Conservation' in Community Conservation: Strategic Planning in Tanzania National Parks. AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-5.
  5. Turyaho, M. and Infield, M. Pastoralists, Fishermen and Farmers In and Around Lake Mburo National Park: Changing Conflict into Awareness and Responsibility. AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-6.
  6. Snelson, D. Community Conservation Training Initiatives in East Africa. AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-7.
  7. Lembuya, Makilya, Ntiati. Linking Enterprise To Conservation: Examples from Kenya. AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-8.
  8. Vohres, F. Making Community Conservation Economically Attractive. AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-9.
  9. Barrow, Lembuya, Ntiati, Sumba. Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Concerning Community Conservation in the Group Ranches Around Amboseli National Park. AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-11.
  10. Barrow and Elliott. Community Conservation - Myth or Reality? Summary of Discussions from the Workshop Held at the Global Biodiversity Forum in Harare 1997. AWF Discussion Papers, CC-DP-13.

 

CONSERVATION, ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE SERIES

  1. Elliott and Mwangi. Making Wildlife "Pay" in Laikipia, Kenya. AWF Discussion Papers, CEC-DP-1. 1997.
  2. Elliott and Mwangi. Increasing Landowner Earnings From Wildlife Cropping in Laikipia, Kenya. AWF Discussion Papers, CEC-DP-2. 1997.
  3. Elliott and Mwangi. Developing Wildlife Tourism in Laikipia, Kenya - Who Benefits? AWF Discussion Papers, CEC-DP-3. 1998.
  4. Elliott and Mwangi. The Opportunity Cost of the Hunting Ban to Landowners in Laikipia, Kenya. AWF Discussion Papers, CEC-DP-4. 1998.
  5. Elliott, J. The Isivuno Model - Rocktail Bay and Banzi Safari Lodges: A Case Study in Community-Based Tourism Enterprise Development from KwaZulu Natal. AWF Discussion Papers, CEC-DP-5. 1998.

 

APPLIED CONSERVATION ECONOMICS SERIES

  1. Emerton, L. Participatory Environmental Valuation: Subsistence Forest Use Around the Aberdares, Kenya. AWF Discussion Papers, ACE-DP-1. 1996.
  2. Emerton, L. Maasai Livelihoods, Forest Use Values and Conservation in Oldonyo Orok, Kenya. AWF Discussion Papers, ACE-DP-2. 1996.
  3. Emerton, L. The National Economy and Environmental Degradation in Kenya. AWF Discussion Papers, ACE-DP-3. 1997.
  4. Emerton, L. The Economics of Tourism and Wildlife Conservation in Africa. AWF Discussion Papers, ACE-DP-4. 1997.

 

ECOLOGICAL/TECHNICAL HANDBOOK SERIES

  1. Northon-Griffiths, M. Counting Animals. African Wildlife Ecology Handbook Series, No. 1. 1978.
  2. Western and Grimsdell. Measuring the Distribution of Animals in Relation to the Environment. African Wildlife Ecology Handbook Series, No. 2. 1979.
  3. Bertram, B. Studying Predators. African Wildlife Ecology Handbook Series, No. 3. 1979.
  4. Grimsdell, J.J.R. Ecological Monitoring. African Wildlife Ecology Handbook Series, No. 4. 1978.
  5. Sinclair, A.R.E and Grimsdell, J.J.R. Population Dynamics of Large Mammals. African Wildlife Ecology Handbook Series, No. 5. 1982.
  6. Pomeroy, D. Counting Birds. African Wildlife Ecology Handbook Series, No. 6. 1992.
  7. Kangwana, K. Studying Elephants. African Wildlife Ecology Handbook Series, No. 7. 1996.
  8. Kangwana, K. L'Etude des Elephants. Series de Manuels Techniques par AWF, No. 7. 1996.

 

PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT FOR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT (PAWM) PROGRAM PAPERS

  1. Policy and Management Plan for the Nile Crocodile in Tanzania. Department of Wildlife, 1993.
  2. Policy and Management Plan for the Ostrich in Tanzania. Department of Wildlife, 1993.
  3. Policy and Management Plan for Tanzania’s Avifauna with Special Reference to the Live Bird Trade. Department of Wildlife, 1993.
  4. Policy for Management of the African Elephant in Tanzania. Department of Wildlife, 1994.
  5. Policy for the Management of Tourist Hunting. Department of Wildlife, 1995.
  6. Final Report: An Examination of the Achievements and Effectiveness of the Planning and Assessment for Wildlife Management Project. African Wildlife Foundation, 1996.

 

OTHER ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS

  1. Munthali, S. Transfrontier Conservation Areas: Integrating Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation in Southern Africa. Published Natural Resources Forum, No. 31, 2007.
  2. Kioko, Okello, Muruthi. Elephant Numbers and Distribution in the Tsavo-Amboseli Ecosystem, South-Western Kenya. Published in Pachyderm, No. 40, January-June 2006.
  3. Hahn, Proulx, Muruthi, Alberts and Altmann, 2002. Gastrointestinal Parasites in Free-ranging Kenyan Baboons (Papio cynocephalus and P. anubis). Published in the International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 24, No. 2, April 2003.
  4. Muruthi and Frohardt. Study on the Development of Transboundary Natural Resource Management Areas in Africa: Kilimanjaro Heartland Case Study. 2001.
  5. Sikoyo, Ashley and Elliot. The Impact of Wildlife-Based Enterprises on Local Livelihoods and Conservation in Kenya. Wildlife Enterprise for Local Development (WELD) Project. 2001.
  6. Sikoyo, Hanlon, and Mwinyiechi. The Impact of Wildlife-Based Enterprises on Local Livelihoods and Conservation in Tanzania. Wildlife Enterprise for Local Development (WELD) Project. 2001.
  7. Sikoyo, G. and Muramira, T. The Impact of Wildlife-Based Enterprises on Local Livelihoods and Conservation in Uganda. Wildlife Enterprise for Local Development (WELD) Project. 2001.
  8. Emerton, L. Valuing the Environment: Case Studies from Kenya. AWF Discussion Papers, 1996.

 

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