The African Conservation Fund

Brochures & Information Sheets

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Click here to download PDF of our 2006 Annual Report (2 mb)


Click here to download Spotlight on Conservation Exchange Prgm PDF (500 kb)


Click here to download our Spotlight on Research Assistance Prgm PDF (600 kb)

Click here to download our Conservation Safari PDF (1 mb)

Our partner in Nairobi, the 12-year-old African Conservation Centre, has released its first bulletin on Conservation and People. The report Keeping East African Rangelands Open and Productive is an outcome of a project that began in 2002, with East African Maasai pastoralists and American cowboys visiting each others' communities and learning about issues and solutions in a unique two-way exchange. The conservation outcomes of the exchanges have far exceeded all expectations.

Community Conservation Links

African Conservation Centre - our partner, based in Nairobi, which has been a leader in community-based conservation and innovative science for over 12 years.

Natural Resources as Community Assets - Lessons from Two Continents - order the handbook from Sand County Foundation, one of our partners. In October, 2003 practitioners from Africa and North America convened in Savannah, Georgia to present the challenges and opportunities of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). Their conclusion was that CBNRM works, and that it works beyond the aims of traditional conservation programs. Dr. David Western presents the afterword in this critically important, and useful, handbook.

Online community-based conservation database - The African Conservation Centre, our Nairobi-based partner in eastern Africa, maintains an online database of community-based conservation efforts. This database gives details of over 100 organizations already involved in managing natural resources, with details of their activities and how to contact them.

African Conservation Science Resources

NatureServe - A non-profit conservation organization that provides the scientific information and tools needed to help guide effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.

National Geographic Map Machine - Investigate places like East Africa by a multitude of parameters - conservation, climate, population. An amazing online resource.

AfricanWater.net - African Water is a new initiative funded by the European Community with the aim to increase the involvement of African researchers in the water related components of EU funding programmes for research and development.

Euro-African Science Network - The leaders of European Union (EU) member states have agreed to expand collaboration between European and African universities through the development of “Euro-African networks of universities and centres of excellence”. 

Conservation GIS - ESRI -  This is the conservation program of ESRI, the world's leading Geographic Information System software provider - and an African Conservation Fund partner. Their grants program has helped scores of conservation efforts across the globe.

African Conservation - Audio & Video Resources

On May 4, African Conservation Fund co-founder Dr. David Western gave a lecture at the Cincinnati Zoo on the future of wildlife and people in East Africa: "Is there a place for both?" Dr. Western was also honored with the zoo's prestigious Wildlife Conservation Award for 2006 (click here to see press release). On April 30, Dr. Western was interviewed by Thane Maynard, director of the zoo's public information, on Cincinnati public radio. Click here to hear the interview played online.  If you would like to download the interview as part of a podcast, click here.
 

BBC News video from July 2005 about the scope of the illegal bush meat trade in Kenya and its devastating effect on wildlife. Copy and paste link into the browser of your Real Player or Windows Media Player.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_web/video/9012da68001b270/nb/09012da68001b512_16x9_nb.ram

If you would like to hear clips of Maasai songs - and order a terrific CD full of Maasai music and praise songs - be sure to visit www.laleyio.com, a project of American Hans Johnson and Kenyan Maasai Simon ole Tumanka. The collection also includes wonderful snippets from children learning to sing - and their uproariously fun and infectious laughter.

Partners in Conservation Materials

 Applications are accepted at any time, and may take up to two months to process, although we will endeavor to speed the process as much as possible.