A comprehensive ApproAch
to conservAtion
African Wildlife Foundation, together with the people of Africa,
works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever.
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ur mission is straightforward, but achieving it is not easy.
the challenges to conservation, after all, are many and
varied.
African Wildlife Foundation's (AWF's) unique
approach maximizes our potential for success.
We work to conserve wildlife, but within
a larger framework of natural resource
management that ensures the viability of
ecosystems and provides access to economic
opportunities for communities living in
resource-rich regions.
this ensures both wildlife and people benefit
and is a recipe for long-term success.
this approach is implemented through our four conservation
strategies: land, wildlife, enterprise, people. Given the
increased impact of climate change across Africa, AWF
also weaves climate change adaptation and
mitigation efforts into many of our programs.
Knowing that nothing can replace strong
political will in helping to protect wildlife, AWF
engages with governments on policies around
resource management, agricultural and economic
development, wildlife protection, and wildlife
crime (see opposite for more on this issue).
together, these components are used to craft
effective and comprehensive approaches to
conserving Africa's wildlife and wild lands.
AWF's unique
approach
maximizes our
potential
for success
LANd ...................................................... 6
ENTERPRISE ........................................ 22
Without land, there can be no wildlife. AWF works to
conserve large landscapes, identifying "heartlands"
with high levels of biodiversity and a high potential
for economic development grounded in conservation
objectives.
AWF establishes conservation enterprises that help
communities derive economic benefit from the wildlife
with which they share their land. these enterprises
incentivize communities to value wildlife, rather than
view it as a nuisance.
WILdLIFE ............................................. 14
PEOPLE ................................................ 30
We conduct research and monitoring to better understand
how species move through and use a landscape, and to
identify the conservation pressure points--where animals
are threatened by habitat degradation, humanwildlife
conflict, and climate change.
AWF's history is rooted in helping Africans become better
stewards of their natural heritage. We provide education
and training to local partners so they have the confidence
and capacity to take the lead in managing and protecting
their natural resources.
REPORT ON AFRICA .............................. 2
dONOR ENGAGEMENT ....................... 39
RHINO SUMMIT .................................... 4
PROGRAM dESIGN ............................. 36
BOARd OF TRUSTEES ......................... 38
FINANCIALS ........................................ 40
WAYS TO GIVE .................................... 42