Derrick Mugisha reflects on how fostering new connections strengthens youth-led action for conservation in Uganda, where he runs a biodiversity protection organization, and the continent.
AWF CEO Kaddu Sebunya shares how the landmark congress in Rwanda set the foundation for African-led conservation as the future of protected and conserved areas in Africa.
When Milka Chepkorir Kuto took the stage on July 18 at the opening ceremony of the Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) in Kigali, Rwanda, she came with a sobering message on behalf of fellow Indigenous peoples and local communities, or IPLCs. “We, IPLCs, have had many experiences of conservation gone wrong: human rights violations, forced […]
COVID-19 decimated tourism-related conservation funding in Africa. Out of this crisis, Africa's protected area directors devised a plan through A-PACT.