Nairobi Arboretum
Nairobi’s richest living collection of trees In the days of old when trains used wood-fired steam engines, foresters in Kenya became concerned that indigenous trees that…
Browsing: Conservation
Conservation Works
African Wildlife Fund’s three-pronged strategy — Stop the Killing, Stop the Trafficking, and Stop the Demand — fights poaching from every angle. Direct species protection work…
International Beach Clean up day
Our Ocean – Our Life – 70/30! Ocean and waterway waste ranks one of the most serious pollutions problems chocking our planet. This threatens human health,…
A pact for Giraffes
Toys“R”Us whose mascot is Geoffrey the giraffe and African Wildlife Foundation will together provide students at AWF-supported schools in Tanzania and Uganda with opportunities to learn…
Hunting for a Conservation Solution
Rupi Gill in conversation with Chris Trent, Kes Smith and Richard Vigne. I think I’m right in there with most people who understand killing animals to…
Working with Communities
The second in our series of articles celebrating 10 years of conservation impact Chepchumba’s Story “Being married at the age of 16 years in 2006 and…
Ngare Ndare Forest
Ngare Ndare Forest is a flourishing indigenous forest at the foothills of Mt. Kenya. Sapphire pools glisten at the bottom of waterfalls and 200 year old…
Saving Elephants in Amboseli
Early on a cold August morning of this year, a young bull elephant was speared to death on community land just outside Amboseli National Park in…
Colobus in Karura
With funding from African Fund for Endangered Wildlife and expertise from The Institute of Primate Research, 31 colobus monkeys have been reintroduced to Karura Forest and…
Great Apes in Crisis
An estimated 22,218 wild great apes were lost between 2005 and 2011. This is partly due to a multi-billion dollar criminal trade which illegally captures and…