In 1961, African Wildlife Leadership Foundation, Inc. was founded at the height of the African Independence movement to help newly independent African nations and people conserve their own wildlife.

Since then, this organization, now called the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), has played a major role in ensuring the continued existence of some of Africa’s most rare and treasured species, including the elephant, the mountain gorilla, the rhinoceros and the lion. To do so, AWF has invested in Africa’s people, by training and educating conservation professionals and developing conservation enterprises to improve peoples’ livelihoods while also conserving wildlife.

In 1998, AWF ushered in a new era in conservation with its African Heartlands Program. In essence, they have drawn lines in the sand around what are the most critical landscapes to preserve – large landscapes that are key to sustaining a diversity of species well into the future.

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is the leading international conservation organization focused solely on Africa. They believe that protecting Africa’s wildlife and wild landscapes is the key to the future prosperity of Africa and its people.

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