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“Hi, Erin! I recently donated to AWF and would like to know if there any benefits that come with my donation.” –Chris, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A. First, thank you Chris for your generous support of AWF. You are officially now an AWF member...
I have received quite a few emails from people asking about one of Africa’s most treasured and famous residents: the hippo. “Can hippos swim?” –Scott- Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A...
Getting to see a bonobo in its natural habitat is a rare and thrilling privilege; there’s no way to truly capture being there, but as a start, I thought I’d share with you a video taken some months ago of a bonobo sighted in the research area. I will try to share more videos when I c
“Does Africa have bears?” Janice- Shreveport, LA, U.S.A. Sadly, not any more. The only known species of “true bear” indigenous to the continent of Africa was the Atlas Bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri). It was a subspecies of the Brown Bear that was reported to have lived from Morocco to Libya...
“I am currently doing a report on penguins. Upon researching my subject a friend of mine told me that there are actually penguins in Africa. I told him penguins only live in cold climates but he swears Africa has penguins. Is this true?” ...
Hi, everybody! I am Wellard Makambo. Makambo means “issues or words” in my mother tongue. Fortunately I don’t have many issues in my life at the moment. I am proud to be the IGCP Enterprise Officer for our Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Programme...
“I know the Big Five animals of Africa, but what are the Little Five?”–Babu Ah, the Big Five. It’s a phrase that has sparked the imagination of many people across the globe for many decades...
It’s as if the spirit of Papa Bosco Ikwa is with us! After a long period of searching fruitlessly for bonobos, out with our tracking team we have located a group of 13 individuals — 4 males and 6 females carrying two juveniles and a baby...
My name is Alister Mungai and I am the Programme Assistant for IGCP.After ICCN (the Congo government’s national park and nature conservation authority) officially reopened the Mikeno sector of Virunga National Park for tourism on May 1st, IGCP was invited to train the rangers who would be...
Some of you had asked about the number of lions in our study area, sorry for the long silence on this - I thought I would wait for the series on human-lion conflict to complete, but it appears that will carry on for a while...
I apologise for the long pause in posting a blog. I have temporarily left the study site to pursue a Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Conservation Practice offered by the University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) and funded by the Panthera Foundation...
Bonjour Everyone! This is Augustin. I work for IGCP’s Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Program and also serve as the IGCP Science Officer. Nowadays, there is a growing consensus in the scientific community that climate change is occurring and is one of many possible causes of biodiversity loss...
Last time I wrote was to highlight the exciting news of the AWF-led delegation that came to visit the Lomako Forest and tour the Lomako Conservation Science Centre...
Today we have another guest blogger: Kathleen Fitzgerald, AWF’s Land Conservation Director based in our Nairobi headquarters. transporter 3 HD download The week has been a really bad one for residents and wildlife of Amboseli...
This is Eugene Rutagarama, Director of IGCP. I have worked for gorillas for quite a while, but visiting them never ceases to be a fascinating experience...
On Saturdaythe 25th, two men were arrested for carrying 703 kg (1,550 lb) of elephant ivory in southern Kenya. The seizure, the biggest in recent times in Kenya, was made possible thanks to the efforts by AWF-supported game scouts...
Last week, the Lomako Conservation Science Centre (LCSC) has been honored by a visit from prominent national and international institutions. The delegation consisted of the following: 1. Embassy of Canada in Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) - Sigrid Anna Johnson, Ambassador 2...
I wanted to share something with you that gives me hope. Sometimes, we get so wrapped up in our work and our own daily struggles and challenges that we forget what is really important. Then, something makes us pause, and we realize why we are doing what we do...
Last month we reported the death of an adult female gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. We’ve been carefully following up on this terrible incident, and we have an update: Kashongo died when a farmer threw stones at the gorilla, who was feeding in her banana farm...
So far the cameras haven’t captured any leopard with the new method that we are trying out. Using the biased sampling design, after three weeks (21-22 days) we had already captured three different leopards...
I must apologise for the long silence regarding the emergence of the fat cat. Thank you to Rob and Tionette Geddes for willing to share pictures of this lovely creature. The leopard looks like he swallowed a three and a half metre long python. Enjoy! Check out that fat belly!
Thanks to recent coverage by the US television network CBS on lion poisoning in Kenya, many people are becoming aware of the ongoing threats to lions due to poisoning using the agricultural pesticide Furadan...
Today we have a guest blogger: Jef Dupain, AWF director of the Congo Heartland. He writes about the latest from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Today, we are sitting here in Basankusu, with representatives of the local communities and with ICCN...
Le mercredi 18 mars dernier nous étions dans la grande joie de voir le site de recherche de Ndele que nous avons commencé les études sur la socio-écologie des bonobos et les travaux de construction du site sous tente depuis 2004 dans la Réserve de Faune de Lomako-Yokokala (RFLY), une aire...
Construction of the Lomako Conservation Science Center – AWF’s new bonobo research and conservation station in the Congo Heartland – is complete! The Lomako Conservation Science Center...
Benjamin, Augustin and James let out a hearty laugh. “Did you see that? It happened so fast...
11/3/2009 An adult female gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda has died under mysterious circumstances. The female, named Kasongo, was from the Mubare gorilla family, which is habituated and visited by tourists...
African Wildlife Foundation Hmm. Where did all our cool Fan photos go? They've disappeared in this new layout. :(
March 12 at 2:57am · Report
Greetings everyone! Jamie Kemsey here, and welcome to the new IGCP mountain gorilla blog...
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