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How is Africa’s wildlife faring? Last year there were a number of significant actions taken on behalf of, and new data released about, many of Africa’s iconic species. What follows is a brief summary of these developments. …

Nothing starts your day like an angry mob at 7am.A group of fifty or so men is gathering outside the yard of the house we're staying at. Things get heated – men begin shouting and waving their arms in frustration. They’re yelling in Lingala, so I…

In 2011, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared the Africa's western black rhino extinct. All that remained of it were photographs and stories that begun ‘once upon a time’. According…

For those who often read about the state of wildlife today, the narrative isn’t always a happy one—in fact, more often than not it’s just the opposite. In case anyone isn’t familiar with the current story,…

In Africa, getting access to a good education isn’t so easy if you live in the bush. Meanwhile, these rural areas are where you find the rich habitats and wildlife. Through the AWF Conservation Schools (ACS) program, AWF has leveraged…

Degbelo, F.G., Djagoun, C.A.M.S., Toyi, S.S.M., Padonou, E.A., Kouton, M., Gichohi, N., Muruthi, P. and Sinsin, B., 2022. What shapes the mammal species poaching in protected areas: biophysical or anthropogenic factors? A case study in Pendjari…

It is no way to kick off World Rhino Day. Little Bahati, from Kenya’s Tsavo National Park, had already been the victim of rhino poachers when they shot and killed his mother last year, taking her horns and orphaning the defenceless…

There are about 25,000 rhinos in all of Africa today. This number becomes more meaningful — and painful — when you consider rhinos’ former strength on the continent. Black rhinos once numbered in the hundreds of thousands, perhaps up to 850,000,…

One thing is certain: when you're in the bush, you never know what's going to happen next. Shivani and I were sitting in her car by the Ewaso Nyiro river, catching up on our field notes. (And she was betting me that I couldn't sit still for 20…

“AWF approaches conservation at a large-landscape scale.” How many times have I heard that said about our work? How many times have I written that myself, when writing about AWF’s approach to conservation? I…

I recently started working for the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) in its Conservation Management Training Program (CMTP). As with many of my previous travels, I have decided to blog about it: firstly, to reassure my mother that I am…

Since being collared the leopard has been providing us with very valuable information. Firstly his movement patterns suggest that he prefers drainage lines to open plains. This makes him one tough cat to find even with a collar. He is so good at…

African heads of state will soon be gathering in Johannesburg, South Africa, alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping for the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Following is a quick Q&A…