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African Wildlife Foundation
Formation1961
TypeINGO
PurposeEnvironmental protection
HeadquartersWashington, DC , USA
Region served Africa
PresidentHelen W. Gichohi
Chief Executive OfficerPatrick J. Bergin
Websitewww.awf.org/section/

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), founded in 1961 as the African Wildlife Leadership Foundation, is an international conservation organization that focuses on critically important landscapes in Africa.

The AWF was founded in 1961 by Russell E. Train to aid Africans in developing capacity to manage their own wildlife resources. He was also a founding director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Train was later to be the second Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), from September 1973 to January 1977.

The foundation has led efforts by local and international groups to develop a sustainable land use plan for the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The plan aims to ensure that the economic and cultural needs of the inhabitants are met while conserving the environment. The approach combines AWF's Heartland Conservation Process and the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) Program Monitoring Plan. A variety of tools are used including surveys, interviews with local people and satellite image interpretation.

References

  1. "About AWF". AWF. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  2. "Russell E. Train Timeline". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2011-101-4. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. "Russell E. Train | EPA History | US EPA". Epa.gov. 2006-06-28. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  4. Dupain, Jef; Nackoney, Janet; Kibambe, Jean-Paul; Bokelo, Didier; Williams, David (2008). "Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape" (PDF). L'Observatoire des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale. p. 329. Retrieved 2011-1014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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