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Africa Fact File
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Wildlife-based eco-tourism brings in some $400 million as foreign exchange to Kenya - 30% of the country's total. But these wild assets are threatened - from land subdivision, farming, and poaching. Despite these threats, the economic value of this "natural capital" has not been quantified clearly enough in areas where it can do the most good - in communities that are making decisions about land use. Our programs are aimed at improving local understanding of the value of wildlife - now, and for future generations. ACC YouTube
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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. |
| Dr. David Western to be honored with award |
The World Ecology Award is presented to an eminent individual who has raised public awareness about global ecology and made significant contributions to environmental protection and biodiversity conservation. The award will be presented May 7 at a Gala Dinner ceremony at the Harris World Ecology Center in St. Lous. Interview on Kenyan daily news News story in the Daily Nation |
Dr. David Western, a former Kenya Wildlife Service director and the founder the African Conservation Centre in Kenya, will receive the 2010 World Ecology Award from the Harris World Ecology Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.| End of year message ~ the rains return, hope prevails |
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. |
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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.