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At the busy Port of Matadi, the largest deep-water port in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Thomas Bile Bekoka, an inspector at the Office National des Transports (ONATRA), has long focused on port logistics. However, like many of…

The rapid expansion of small-scale farming in wildlife-rich and ecologically sensitive areas is one of the leading threats to biodiversity in the fertile wetlands of Tanzania’s southern breadbasket — and across the African continent.Since 2014,…

Play for Wildlife We’re all pretty familiar with how addicting mobile games can be. Now, you can play guilt free knowing that your gaming helps protect Africa’s threatened species. Wild Warriors is a mobile game…

KAMPALA-The Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda this week launched a 10-year transboundary initiative to conserve the world's endangered mountain gorillas and their habitats. Only 720 mountain gorillas remain, and 380 of them dwell in…

Thomson Safaris, a leader in responsible Tanzanian Safaris, has partnered with African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to further its conservation efforts in East Africa. The two companies will enable travelers to effect positive change and…

The African Wildlife Foundation urges African range states to arrive at a common elephant conservation goal even as the world celebrates World Elephant Day and Parties push for opposing agendas at the 18th Conference of Parties to CITES in…

Elephants are not afraid to walk long distances. In 2016, one elephant walked nearly 130 miles from Kenya to Somalia in just three weeks. In 2020, 15 elephants in China set off on a 310-mile journey, capturing global attention. Considering these…

The Virunga Massif is a vestige of Central Africa’s tropical biodiversity but myriad threats are placing the region’s critical ecosystems and species at risk. Spanning Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda, and…

Chance Conservationists is a series highlighting AWF staff who have embraced people-centered conservation in their professions despite coming from diverse academic fields. These remarkable individuals now espouse conservation values to propel the…

Chance Conservationists is a series highlighting AWF staff who have embraced people-centered conservation in their professions despite coming from diverse academic fields. These remarkable individuals now espouse conservation values to propel the…

“Indifferent land, red with dust Lost gray souls flee a world unjust…” In January of 2013 my son and I visited the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s orphanage in Nairobi. His adopted elephant, a beautiful 15…

​ In my next series of blogs I will write about the elephant warriors, entertainers, artists, deities and icons...in hopes that you might find what an elephant is to you and also, that these remarkable creatures—that are so similar to…

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