Perspectives on a sustainable Africa

Recent Articles

Close-up photo of adult African elephant in shrubs

Closing legal markets for illicit ivory will save Africa’s elephants

April 5, 2019
Harleen Sehmi
Photo of large herd of elephants in savanna grassland in southern Tanzania

Bees are saving Tanzania’s elephants and improving rural livelihoods

March 29, 2019
Fadhili Njilima
Photo of the last male northern white rhino in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya

Remembering Sudan: What the loss of the last male northern white rhino means for all of Africa’s rhinos

March 19, 2019
Nathan Gichohi
Image Olivia Mufute, AWF's Country Manager of Zimbabwe, and her best student.

Blazing a trail for woman-led wildlife conservation in rural Zimbabwe

March 8, 2019
Harleen Sehmi
Close-up photo of a rhino grazing in tall shrubland in South Africa

Sides of a Horn draws attention to the human toll of wildlife crime

March 1, 2019
Jacqueline Conciatore
Close-up photo of gelada monkey in Ethiopia highlands

Geladas: the extraordinary monkeys bringing tourists to Ethiopia

February 22, 2019
Jacqueline Conciatore
Close-up photo of an African elephant's tusk and trunk

Strengthening Africa’s criminal justice systems to fight illegal wildlife trade

February 18, 2019
Harleen Sehmi
Close-up photo of baby mountain gorilla with adult mountain gorilla in background

Why wildlife matters

February 13, 2019
Kaddu Sebunya
Close-up photo of chili peppers grown by rural farmers in Uganda to repel elephants

Chili peppers are helping Uganda's elephants and farmers peacefully coexist

February 8, 2019
Methodius Mukhwana
Image of a woman in agriculture on a farm in Tanzania.

Three ways sustainable agriculture protects natural resources and improves livelihoods in southern Tanzania

January 25, 2019
Godlisten Matilya
Close-up photo of a lone Ethiopian wolf

Saving the critically endangered Ethiopian wolf from extinction

January 18, 2019
Jacqueline Conciatore

How the science of tracking secures Africa’s wildlife and their habitats

January 11, 2019
David Williams
Landscape photo of hippos basking on the banks of Faro River in northern Cameroon

A traditional Cameroonian community honors wildlife conservation and sustainable development

January 4, 2019
Harleen Sehmi
Photo of Global Youth Biodiversity Network at delivering closing remarks at the Convention for Biological Diversity Conference

African youth stand up for conservation at the world’s largest biodiversity convention

December 4, 2018
Monipher Musasa

SPREAD THE WORD How one prominent nature photographer found himself a wildlife conservationist

December 4, 2018
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