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The African Conservation Foundation has been named an official Nominator for the Earthshot Prize

The African Conservation Foundation has been named an official Nominator for the Earthshot Prize

by ACF | Nov 12, 2020 | ACF News, Conservation Solutions, Conservation Threats

The African Conservation Foundation (ACF) is delighted and honoured to partner with the Royal Foundation of HRH The Duke of Cambridge and other global leaders to support the Earthshot Prize and tackle the environmental challenges we all face. ACF has been selected as...
Lions are less likely to attack cattle with eyes painted on their backsides

Lions are less likely to attack cattle with eyes painted on their backsides

by ACF | Aug 9, 2020 | Big Cats, Conservation Solutions, Wildlife News

The predation of livestock by carnivores, and the retaliatory killing of carnivores as a result, is a major global conservation challenge. Such human-wildlife conflicts are a key driver of large carnivore declines and the costs of coexistence are often...
Forest elephants are our allies in the fight against climate change, finds research

Forest elephants are our allies in the fight against climate change, finds research

by ACF | Jul 20, 2019 | Conservation Solutions, Elephants, Forest, Habitat News

Forest elephant extinction would exacerbate climate change. That’s according to a new study in Nature Geoscience which links feeding by elephants with an increase in the amount of carbon that forests are able to store. The bad news is that African forest elephants –...

Uganda: Bee Fences – Keeping Elephants Out, Letting High Profits in

by ACF | Feb 8, 2012 | Conservation Solutions, Elephants

Like many small-scale farmers, 56-year-old Agnes Ndyomubandi survives on her cotton, cassava, maize and banana gardens. Unfortunately, her home in Masaka village, Rubirizi District, sits on the periphery of Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) – which meant that...

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