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The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) today officially welcomed 15 fellows selected from a pool of over 400 applicants to the inaugural cohort of the revamped Charles R. Wall Conservation Leadership and Management Fellowship (CLMF). The…

Adapted from the Zambia Daily Mail.The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and the Government of the Republic of Zambia have signed an agreement regarding the establishment of a regional office in Zambia. The new agreement also sets out the terms of…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is pleased to announce it is now accepting applications for the 2010-2011 Charlotte Conservation Fellows scholarship program. This year the scholarship will focus on candidates from Democratic Republic of Congo,…

The African Wildlife Foundation is pleased to announce that Eugene Rutagarama was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize on April 23, 2001,in San Francisco. Rutagarama, a Rwandan, is a conservationist working for the AWF-supported…

AWF selected the name ‘Nashipae,’ which means ‘happiness’ in Maasai language, for one newborn female calf Amboseli National Park, Kenya (March 3, 2023) — African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) today attended the 2nd edition of the Magical…

The Charlotte Conservation Fellowship Program honors the memory of Charlotte Kidder Ramsay by helping young Africans pursue advanced studies in conservation-related fields. Candidates must be aged 21 to 40, have a letter of acceptance from an…

The African Wildlife Foundation has announced selection of five Charlotte Fellows for 2000-2001. The Charlotte Conservation Fellowship Program began in 1996, in memory of AWF supporter Charlotte Kidder Ramsay, who strongly endorsed AWF efforts to…

AWF has named four Charlotte Conservation Fellows for 1999--2000. The fellows program was founded in 1996 in memory of Charlotte Kidder Ramsay, an AWF supporter who believed deeply in encouraging young African professionals to work in conservation…

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is proud to announce it has been included in CharityWatch’s list of top-rated charities. The listing affirms AWF’s status as a reputable and highly efficient conservation organization. To…

VIRUNGA HEARTLAND March 2, 2011 -- The African Wildlife Foundation sadly mourns the passing of another longtime AWF friend and partner, Jean Pierre von der Becke. A Belgian conservationist, von der Becke was the first Director of the AWF…

AWF joins our colleagues at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the rest of the conservation community in mourning the tragic deaths of WWF staff members and other partners.WWF lost seven of their colleagues, their friends, in a helicopter crash in…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has learnt with great sadness about the death of renowned conservationist Wayne Lotter in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.A dedicated wildlife conservationist, Wayne was the director and co-founder of the PAMS…

The African Wildlife Foundation condemns the killing of wildlife rangers in the Virunga National Park. This incident occurred 30 days after the Democratic Republic of Congo announced a national lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19. Visits to the…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has learned with great sadness about the death of top ivory investigator Esmond Bradley Martin in Nairobi, Kenya.A dedicated wildlife conservationist, Esmond’s groundbreaking investigations into illegal wildlife…

On Sunday, a northern white rhino named Angalifu died at the San Diego Zoo in California, nudging the African rhino subspecies closer to extinction. Only five northern whites remain in the world and all have surpassed their breeding age,…