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Room for both

Is there room for both wildlife and people in East Africa? Hear an online interview of Dr. David Western on this important and difficult topic. Dr. Western was interviewed by Thane Maynard, director of Cincinnati Zoo's public information.

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Welcome to the website for the U.S. office of the African Conservation Centre.

In the U.S., we operate as African Conservation Fund, a 501c3 non-profit, to raise funds and awareness for science and conservation in East Africa.

The mission of African Conservation Centre is to conserve wildlife and the natural environment through collaborative application of both scientific and indigenous knowledge, and by enhancing livelihoods and developing local institutions.

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New look, new name ~ same faces

Welcome to our new website ~ and our new "face" to the world.

Starting 2010, we will do business in North America and throughout the world as African Conservation Centre (U.S. office). For fundraising purposes, we will retain our 501c3 non-profit status under the name African Conservation Fund. Our board and staff remain the same ~ we are just updating our name to better reflect our mission, to support the work of African Conservation Centre and its affiliates and projects in East Africa.

Program and project information is fully described in the new African Conservation Centre main website at ConservationAfrica.org; our U.S. website will remain active for current news, events, and fundraising in North America and other regions outside Africa.

End of year message ~ the rains return, hope prevails

Even as the rains fall on the thirsty landscapes of Kenya's parks and pastoral lands, bringing new green grass and sweet water like the ultimate Christmas gifts, we must not lose sight of the lessons learned from this most devastating of East African droughts or of the work to be done in the near future if we are to ensure that the wildlife, landsapes, and cultures of this global treasure persist for coming generations.

Years of research and diligent conservation work by East Africans such as Dr. David Western and the staff at African Conservation Centre have brought to light the root causes of the tragedy behind the devastating drought: it is not the lack of rain that has caused the extent of the tragedy, but a deadly combination of land-use and cultural changes that, if not stemmed, will lead to the end of East Africa's landscape and cultures that we know today.

Amboseli Conservation website launched

The Amboseli Conservation Program, begun 42 years ago by Dr. David Western, has launched a new website this week in order to bring focus to the drought that has gripped Kenya this last year and has particularly devastated the landscapes, wildlife, and people of the Amboseli region. Dr. Western has been studying the interactions of people and wildlife in this famous landscape, renowned for its biodiversity and its Maasai pastoralists. Outcomes from the four decades of study and groundbreaking conservation actions are detailed in the new website, which was made possible by African Conservation Fund, the US partner of African Conservation Centre, one of the organizations founded by Dr. Western. Read more . . .