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Report from the Field: African Conservation Fund executive director, Roseann Hanson, is currently en route to eastern Africa and will be sending periodic reports on her trip.
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to our conservation community, linking East Africa with the rest of the
world. We are a growing organization comprising people like you,
concerned about the future of wildlife and cultures in East Africa.
This site is a hub as well as a bridge for conservation practitioners
and their supporters, connecting everyone to more information and
capacity resources to help conserve the wildlife and cultures of East
Africa. Read more . . . (Photo: Katie Iverson) Please note we are not the same organization as "Africa Conservation Fund," which is also known as Wildlife Direct and works in Congo and Uganda. |
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Turns out, a whole lot. The "Two Cowboys" project is part of our Conservation Exchange Program, a signature African Conservation Fund program which helps communities build skills and knowlege by bringing together people from within East African and throughout the world - such as the American West. |
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ARUSHA - Monday, September 1, 2008 (Arusha Times) - Kilimanjaro snows cause havoc in Mwanga - Melting glaciers send floods over farms. . . . Full story>> NAIROBI - Sunday, August 31, 2008 (The Nation) - The issue of the Mau forest was bound to be politicised. Already, some legislators from the area have declared they would not co-operate with the task force set up to study the most efficacious way of removing and resettling those who had invaded and nearly destroyed the Mau.. . . Full story>> MALI - Friday, August 29, 2008 (UNEP) - Implementers of an international project to help endangered elephants in Mali want to prove that by doing so, they can also help local communities adapt to climate change in the Sahel. . . . Full story>> |
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What do a Maasai warrior and an American cowboy have in common besides cows?
The world’s rangelands cover over a fifth of the Earth’s surface and are home to traditional subsistence herders, commercial ranchers, and large migratory wildlife populations. In both America and Africa, heated ‘range wars’ have pitched herders and conservationists against each other as the pressures on rangelands have grown. Innovative conservation programmes such as those of African Conservation Fund aim to find ways traditional pastoral livelihoods can coexist with wildlife, and save the rapidly vanishing savannahs and their stunning biodiversity forever.