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African Wildlife Foundation joins the global community to mourn the loss of H.E. Benjamin Mkapa who passed away in Dar-es-Salaam earlier today. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, his friends and the nation of Tanzania who have lost a…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Displayed on the ground floor gallery of Children’s National Hospital (CNH), a new exhibition of 41 photographic fine art prints immerses patients, their families, visitors, and staff in nature’s calming beauty. These award…

This week, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) joined like-minded partners in a webinar organized by ESGX Live, a global community for connecting and sharing ideas, and Newday Impact Investing. The webinar’s topic was ‘Survival Instincts -…

NAIROBI, KENYA--At the 15th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), being held in Doha, Qatar, March 13-25, experts from participating countries will consider competing proposals from African countries on the…

Since its founding in 1961, the African Wildlife Foundation has believed that Africans are the ideal stewards of Africa's natural resources. This core belief led AWF to assist in establishing the first school to train African wildlife managers in…

In May 2023, Zimbabwe and Zambia signed the Lower Zambezi Mana Pools Transfrontier Conservation Area Memorandum of Understanding, formalizing processes to collaborate on conservation management affecting two parks, the Lower Zambezi National Park …

Landscape leaders from across Africa gathered at the Arusha International Convention Centre this week to discuss and explore better practices towards restoring over 96 million hectares of degraded land on the continent by 2030.The first conference…

(KAMPALA, UGANDA — June 22, 2023) The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and the National Environment Management Authority of Uganda (NEMA) today embarked on a five-year deal aimed at amplifying collaboration in conservation and environmental…

Apart from the receptionist and her paraphernalia, the next most conspicuous item at the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF's) reception is their mission statement.It reads: "The African Wildlife Foundation recognises that the wildlife and the wild…

"Conservation of wildlife and economic development must go together," urges African Wildlife Foundation, as new Conservation Centre opens in Nairobi.AWF reinforces 'a vision of Africa that is both economically prosperous and retains significant…

Earlier this month (December 2023), I visited Manyara Ranch in Tanzania. The African Wildlife Foundation has been working here for over 20 years to restore an important section of one of the two remaining wildlife corridors between Ngorongoro…

With back-to-back United Nations conferences on climate change and biodiversity over the last few months, the world is checking out of 2022 with a stark reminder of the work that lies ahead. We look back at how African Wildlife Foundation’s vision…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) last month onboarded three conservancy managers in Murchison and Kidepo as part of efforts to streamline conservancy management in Uganda. The three managers will oversee operations in Murchison Community…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) early this week hosted a high-level delegation of Ugandan lawmakers and technocrats on a benchmarking tour of Kenya for best conservation practices. The delegation was led by Hon. Mangusho Lawrence Cherop, the…

Conservation organizations across Kenya have convened for a week-long National Lion Survey Training at the African Wildlife Foundation headquarters. This first-of-a-kind training held from February 8-11, 2020 has attracted several participants…