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When left to its own devices, nature does a remarkable job of taking care of itself. Consider Chernobyl, the Russian city that was permanently evacuated when a nuclear power plant exploded in 1986. According to a study in the October 2015…

By Patrick J. Bergin, Ph.D.WASHINGTON - The recent report by Dr. Peter D. Walsh on the significant declines in gorilla and chimpanzee populations in Gabon and the Republic of Congo shows that once again the conservation community is forced to rely…

It’s hard to overstate the ecological value of the Congo Basin. The second-largest tropical rainforest in the world after the Amazon, the Basin is sometimes referred to as the world’s second lung for its ability to absorb…

On the sidelines of the 4th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a significant side event titled "Beyond 30x30: Integrating Protected and Conserved Areas into the Implementation of…

On the third of December 2008 at 12:30 p.m, we left the camp to go to the forest to look for bonobos as usual. We were four teams among which Papa Charment, Gladez and myself took the lead; while Papa Bosco, Isaac and Medos each made one team. We…

Beth leads AWF’s marketing and communications efforts. She brings more than 25 years of experience working at the intersection of nonprofits, science, and media, with leadership roles at The Walt Disney Company, National Geographic, Conservation…

Jackson, WY: The National Museum of Wildlife Art (NMWA) will open the Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards exhibition on Saturday, November 4, 2023. The Mkapa Awards are presented in partnership with and traveled by the African…

Snyman, S.S., Fitzgerald, K., Bakteeva, A., Ngoga, T. and Mugabukomeye, B., 2023. Benefit-sharing from protected area tourism: A 15-year review of the Rwanda tourism revenue sharing programme. Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism, 1, p.1052052. https:/…

Recommendations on new strategy were provided by the African Wildlife Foundation and other conservation groups at the request of the European Commission NAIROBI—Earlier today, Belgian authorities publicly condemned the illegal ivory…

The Virunga Massif is divvied up among three countries, and there is a place in the Massif where Rwandan farmland abuts a Congolese park. On any given day, there is conflict. But this conflict is not between people. It is between…

In 1989, after a decades-long spate of elephant poaching and failed regulation of the commercial trade in ivory, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) finally made the decision to ban…

Ancient elephant migratory routes run through southern Tanzania’s Kilombero Valley, which is part of a dense cluster of wetlands and forests and in the Great Ruaha River Basin and a designated Ramsar site — a distinction bestowed on internationally…

To raise awareness of the global importance of bees as pollinators, the threats they face, and their contribution to sustainable development, the United Nations designated May 20 as World Bee Day. In Kenya’s Tsavo landscape, the African Wildlife…

The old saw from Looney Tunes and similarly informed sources has it that African elephants—the mightiest land mammals on Earth which historically were unafraid to charge legions of Roman troops at the nod of their&nbsp…