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... 
by ACF | Aug 3, 2020 | Forest, Great Apes, Wildlife News
Rainforest Rescue released a petition protesting the Cameroonian government’s move to open 150,000 hectares of Ebo Forest – an area the size of Greater London – to logging. The logging concessions would impact one of Africa’s great biodiversity hotspots. Ebo Forest... 
by ACF | Jul 10, 2020 | Wildlife News
The ALU School of Wildlife Conservation (SOWC), part of the African Leadership University (ALU), is a platform for emerging leaders with interests in conservation to get cutting edge leadership training to learn to lead effectively and manage Africa’s unique natural... 
by ACF | Jun 26, 2020 | Big Cats, Wildlife News
New research published this month indicates that lion populations in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest. The research, a collaboration involving University of Queensland and Griffith University, published in Frontiers in Ecology &... 
by ACF | Jun 4, 2020 | Wildlife News
Five years ago, a dentist from Minnesota killed Cecil the lion Hwange National Park’s most famous resident. This caused an outcry in the United Kingdom and in the rest of the world against trophy hunting. Yet people are still killing big game for sport. A new book... 
by ACF | May 11, 2020 | Wildlife News
Kaminjab, Namibia – An hour down a rocky dirt road in northwest Namibia is where the country’s first baboon release program is located. Co’Lu’Bi Wildlife Sanctuary has a mission to rescue and rehabilitate baby baboons that are orphaned and injured and release...