African Wildlife Foundation

About Me

Welcome to the official African Wildlife Foundation page on MySpace.

We are all about Africa. Add us as a Friend if you think Africa's incredible wildlife and wild lands - and the people who depend on them - are worth fighting for. The African Wildlife Foundation, together with the people of Africa, works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever.

We believe that protecting Africa's wildlife and wild landscapes is the key to the future prosperity of Africa and its people - and for over forty-five years we have made it our work to help ensure that Africa's wild resources endure.

(Special thanks to Amber for representing AWF on MySpace until now. She's a true AWF supporter and we salute her!)

My Interests

wildlife cooridors, that lone acacia on the horizon, early morning game drives, lion-proof bomas, elephant trunks, red shukas, ostrich feathers, gorilla twins, guinea fowl running, giraffes running, cheetah yawns, partnerships, new headquarters

I'd like to meet:

people who are crazy for Africa - whether you're from the US, Africa... or Antarctica!

Movies:

Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo; Eye of the Leopard;

Television:

Planet Earth

Books:

AWF's Book Club is now reading: Tick Bite Fever

Heroes:

Everyday people who support African wildlife conservation - any way they can.

My Blog

AWF Blogs > Green Light for Project, Leopard Scat, and Camera Traps!

Posted by: Nakedi, Leopard ResearcherAfter eight months of writing and re-writing the proposal, I am pleased to say that the study was finally given the green light by the South African National Parks...
Posted by African Wildlife Foundation on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:06:00 PST

Check Out New AWF Blogs - Stories From the Field

AWF blogs bring you news and stories directly from the people leading the charge for Africa's wildlife conservation. Follow Paul Thomson's blog as he reports on AWF's projects across Africa. Right now...
Posted by African Wildlife Foundation on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:26:00 PST

Gorilla Champion Awarded Conservation-In-Action

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has just learned that former former AWF Charlotte Conservation Fellow Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has received a Conservation-In-Action Award from the Zoological Socie...
Posted by African Wildlife Foundation on Sun, 25 May 2008 01:43:00 PST

Mountain Gorilla Eco-lodge featured in Geotourism Challenge

The National Geographic Society and Ashoka's Changemakers have introduced the first Geotourism Challenge to identify and showcase innovators in tourism development, management, and marketing.The one-o...
Posted by African Wildlife Foundation on Mon, 12 May 2008 01:57:00 PST

Party Time: AWF Earns Top Rating from Charity Navigator

Let's pop some bubbly and celebrate! For the seventh year in a row, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, the largest independent evaluator of c...
Posted by African Wildlife Foundation on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:16:00 PST

Satao Elerai Camp in Kenya Opens: New Milestone in Wildlife Conservation

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is pleased to announce the opening of Satao Elerai Camp, a luxury lodge set on 5,000 acres of communally conserved lands in southern Kenya. The camp is owned by t...
Posted by African Wildlife Foundation on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:57:00 PST

AWF Urges Supporters to Stand Behind Kenyas Conservation Work

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) welcomes the recent agreement between Kenya’s leaders to resolve the political crisis that broke out after closely contested national elections late last ye...
Posted by African Wildlife Foundation on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:32:00 PST

Elephant Culling

South Africa announced it will end its 1995 suspension of elephant culling to manage its burgeoning elephant populations. Since the 1995 suspension, the elephant population in Kruger National Park has...
Posted by African Wildlife Foundation on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:37:00 PST

Botswana’s Chobe River Threatened

Pollution, unchecked development, and uncontrolled fishing are endangering the ecological health of the Chobe River, experts recently told the Daily News, a Botswana daily. The Chobe River marks the b...
Posted by African Wildlife Foundation on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:12:00 PST

New African Species Discovered!

A team of scientists recently discovered a new species of the giant elephant shrew in the remote mountains of Tanzania. The grey-faced elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon udzungwensis) is the largest elephant...
Posted by African Wildlife Foundation on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:18:00 PST