AWF 2017 Annual Report

Our mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern Africa.

2 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 3 Letter from the CEO: JOINING AN INSPIRATIONAL TEAM

Dear AWF friends,

I am very pleased to have this opportunity to introduce myself as well as the FY2017 African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) Annual Report.

As a veterinarian and zoologist, I’ve spent most of my life working with animals, especially in conservation, and much of this time has been in Africa. I’ve helped establish several conservation programs, including a network of wildlife veterinarians, ranger training projects, anti-poaching efforts and anti-trafficking initiatives. My background also includes public affairs, law, military, medical development and working with the UN in Africa. My academic training was mainly at Edinburgh University and in London, but I also spent some time at Cornell as a Fulbright scholar.

It speaks to the breadth and depth of AWF’s programming that I’ve had to draw on almost every aspect of my Africa background and experience in just my first few weeks as CEO!

You shall get a sense of AWF’s many programs across vast tracks of Africa within these pages. For example, we hit the ground running early in 2018, at the time of my joining the organization, with a landmark Photo by Billy Dodson. event in Rwanda—the first expansion of Volcanoes National Park in conservation consciousness, to our work with governments on stemming 30 years. The gift of land AWF made to the Rwandan government is wildlife trafficking and our vitally important direct support for endangered critical for the continued growth of the mountain gorilla population species in programs across sub-Saharan Africa, AWF has proven itself as an there. Immediately afterwards, I visited two major projects in the organization that gets things done. I pledge to you that we shall keep striving Democratic Republic of the Congo where, with EU and USAID to be as effective as possible in meeting the ever-increasing challenges from support, we are poised to make an even greater contribution poaching, habitat loss, population growth among so many other things. to preserving a huge swathe of the world’s remaining rainforest. After meeting AWF staff in our offices in Nairobi, the US and the UK, as Another important development in the year to date is China’s well as in the field, it’s clear to me that there is no shortage of remarkable implementation of an ivory trade ban—significant not only people working for AWF. They have a strong sense of common purpose and for its impact on the trade but also because of the example conviction—and I find that I am gaining both inspiration and energy from it sets for other countries, especially in Asia. AWF was very working with them. In addition, having recently visited many of our trustees, much involved in the public awareness campaign which donors and friends in the US, I would also say we have some remarkable helped bring this about whilst the efforts of our President, supporters as well! Kaddu Sebunya, at ministerial and ambassadorial levels, as well as with Beijing Zoo, have also had a major effect. I hope you will find inspiration in the pages that follow and also that you know how much we, the AWF team, value and appreciate the critical support Whilst we are eager to celebrate success, we remain aware that you provide to AWF and to the future of Africa’s wildlife. the challenges that bear upon wildlife and wild lands in Africa have never been greater. With best wishes,

AWF is uniquely suited to take a leading part in finding solutions that will benefit wildlife as well as the people of Africa. From our work with the African Union and national governments as Dr. Tom Ogilvie-Graham technical advisors, to our efforts to shape public opinion and raise Chief Executive Officer

4 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 5 “We have had three years of consistent decline in elephant poaching.”

PHILIP MURUTHI VICE PRESIDENT FOR SPECIES PROTECTION

Protecting elephants & rhinos from organized poaching

SPECIES PROTECTION SPECIES In the first decade of the 21st century, a crisis emerged in Africa: organized poaching. Where previously poachers were subsistence or small-scale operators, and often acted opportunistically, now, organized groups engaged in ruthless killing sprees. In some cases, they had gear such as military-grade weapons, helicopters and night-vision goggles. In one of the worst events on record, armed poachers on horseback slaughtered as many as 650 elephants over three months in Cameroon’s Bouba N’djida National Park.

AWF responded to the poaching crisis by directing resources to the protection of priority wildlife populations across Africa, to ensure funds went where most needed. By partnering with authorities, NGOs and the private sector already on the ground, we Photo by Frank AF Petersens, saved precious months of organizational set-up time. Ol Pejeta Conservancy.

6 7 Poaching in Africa today involves militias, crime networks, and even terrorist groups motivated by demand for ivory and rhino horn in Asian countries predominantly. AWF’s three- pronged strategy—“Stop the Killing,” “Stop the Trafficking” and “Stop the Demand”—fights poaching from every angle. Direct species protection work includes training and equipping rangers, community scouts and eco-guards to monitor and protect elephant and rhino populations, deploying dog-and- handler units to track down poachers, helping governments manage protected areas and conducting wildlife censuses.

Results have been heartening. Among the 11 rhino populations AWF supports, all are stable or increasing; among 14 elephant populations, Tanzania’s 2017 Scouts Graduation. 11 are stable or increasing. In Kenya’s 50,000-kilometer (31,068-mile) Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem, the elephant population grew by 14 percent between 2014 and 2017.

“We have had three years of consistent decline in elephant poaching, even though there are regional differences,” says Philip Muruthi, AWF’s vice president for species protection. “And elephant populations are increasing in the southern landscapes where we work.”

As for rhinos overall, although there is good news in some areas where poaching dropped in 2017, there were sharp poaching increases AWF FIGHTS in other areas. In all, South Africa, which holds about 3/4 of the African rhino population, had TODAY’S 1‚028 rhino poached in 2017.

Poaching remains a critical threat to Africa’s ORGANIZED wildlife, but on-the-ground efforts including AWF species protection programs are invaluable POACHING in the fight to stop the killing. AWF’s proven efforts and holistic approach to conservation AT ITS ROOTS are more critical than ever before. Top Left: Photo by Alison Langevad (alisonlangevad.com.au).

Bottom Right: White rhino in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Over 1,000 rhinos were poached in South Africa in 2017. Photo by Alison Langevad (alisonlangevad.com.au).

Bottom Left: Through species protection grants, AWF supports critical wildlife populations. In Kenya’s Tsavo region, elephant populations have increased almost 15% in the last 3 years. Photo by Billy Dodson.

8 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 9 There’s good news for elephants: THE TREND IN IVORY IS TOWARD BANS

ELEPHANTS SCORED SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT WINS IN 2017 & EARLY 2018

In January 2018, China implemented a ban on its domestic ivory trade, one Likewise, raw ivory prices dropped by year after pledging to do so. Since its almost two-thirds between 2014 and original announcement, there’s been 2017, according to a report issued by an 80 percent decline in seizures of ivory Save the Elephants. The drop is due to a entering the country. combination of factors including China’s commitments to ending ivory trade and efforts to raise awareness about poaching.

Hong Kong followed China’s lead in January when lawmakers voted to ban all ivory sales by 2021. AWF applauds the spirit of the move, but the waiting period is too long and opens the In July 2017, Japanese internet possibility of illicit trade. Given the rate at retailer Rakuten, the world’s largest which elephants are dying, AWF encourages online ivory seller, announced it Hong Kong to implement an immediate would phase out ivory. Just prior, over ban and for other countries with open ivory 36,500 AWF supporters had written to markets, including Vietnam and Thailand, Rakuten’s president urging the halt of to follow China’s example. ivory sales.

Almost 30,000 elephants are poached every year for their ivory tusks. Photo by Billy Dodson.

In August, AWF was proud to sponsor the New York State Ivory Crush, during When the Trump Administration last which nearly 2 tons of ivory were fall lifted the U.S. import ban on elephant destroyed. Tragically, the ivory (seized and lion trophies from Zimbabwe and through coordinated law enforcement) AWF’S #WILDLIFETRUMPSTROPHIES Zambia, AWF took the lead in pushing for a represented more than 100 elephants reversal of the decision, quickly launching CAMPAIGN SHOWED THE STRENGTH killed. AWF participates in ivory crushes to the #WildlifeTrumpsTrophies advocacy emphasize zero tolerance for ivory trade. OF OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY, WITH campaign. Our campaign reached millions of people, and more than 270,000 expressed 40,000 SUPPORTERS TAKING ACTION support while more than 40,000 individuals took action and sent messages to the White House.

10 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 11 PHOTO CHINA

VIETNAM PHOTO

Beijing Zoo joins IN CHINA & VIETNAM, WE’RE SHINING AWF in conservation A LIGHT ON THE BRUTAL REALITY OF partnership THE IVORY & RHINO HORN TRADE In January the Beijing Zoo joined AWF in a partnership to increase awareness and nding consumer interest in ivory, rhino In Vietnam, AWF and WildAid teamed up with thus reduce illegal trade in wildlife products horn and other wildlife products is a vital local organization CHANGE to raise awareness throughout China. More than 8 million people Epart of AWF’s strategy to protect species. of the plight of African rhinos. Rhino populations annually visit the Beijing Zoo. This massive In 2017, a talking rhino ad was a centerpiece have plummeted 95 percent in the last 40 years, audience represents a tremendous opportunity of our awareness efforts. The public service ad primarily from poaching. According to our to raise consciousness about the challenges (PSA) marked World Rhino Day and discussed recent survey, only 9.4 percent of residents in Ho facing Africa’s wildlife and the role China can the brutal reality of poaching—from a rhino’s Chi Minh City and Hanoi now think that rhino play in securing a positive future for wildlife. perspective. Chinese celebrities voiced different horn can cure cancer, an improvement from the Top Left: AWF and WildAid released a PSA Asian consumers’ demand for wildlife products starring an animated talking rhinoceros versions of the hard-hitting video, which in the 34.5 percent that believed that fallacy in 2014. to drive home the horrors of rhino such as ivory and rhino horn helps fuel poaching; poaching from a rhino’s perspective. first week received over The ads were voiced by popular raising awareness is critical to reducing demand. 4 million views and Most notably, between Chinese and Vietnamese celebrities. thousands of shares. THANKS TO AWARENESS EFFORTS, 2014 and 2016 there was a Top Right & Bottom: AWF President Kaddu “This partnership gives us an opportunity to Sebunya and Beijing Zoo Director 258 percent increase in the Li Xiaoguang sign an agreement to bolster our work in China, and an ability to Other PSAs featured UNDER 10% OF PEOPLE SURVEYED understanding that rhino increase awareness of Africa’s wildlife push for greater Chinese involvement in Africa’s and wild lands. renowned Chinese IN VIETNAM NOW BELIEVE RHINO horn is composed of same conservation agenda, in which China is a key collector Ma Weidu substance found in hair and partner,” said AWF president Kaddu Sebunya. pointing out that antique HORN CURES CANCER fingernails (which has no collectibles should be medicinal value). Seventy- about culture, not the destruction of wildlife. two percent of the same survey respondents These were displayed on television, in online stated a stronger intent not to buy rhino horn. media outlets and Chinese airports. “Ultimately, we would like to see a ban on rhino Since 2012, AWF has collaborated with the horn trade similar to what China has proclaimed organization WildAid on these public awareness and is implementing for elephant ivory,” says efforts in addition to the well-recognized “Say Philip Muruthi, AWF’s vice president for No” campaign targeting major ivory and rhino- species protection. “That will be the rebirth horn consuming nations in Asia—namely China, of Africa’s rhino.” Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand.

12 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 13 protection. “AWF’s multidisciplinary team of scientists and legal professionals is having an impact on wildlife crime.”

In 2015, AWF began hosting sensitization and training workshops to address gaps in the policy, judicial and prosecution systems that may hamper wildlife law enforcement and prosecution in African countries. These

MULTI-AREA gaps include lack of awareness about the socioeconomic impacts of wildlife crimes, failure of different sectors—investigative, prosecutorial and judicial—to coordinate efforts, and in some cases a failure to prosecute criminals under all applicable laws. To date, more than 825 law enforcement, prosecution and judicial personnel have participated in the workshops.

Wildlife judicial and prosecutorial trainings go a long way toward improving regional cooperation, as stakeholders get a rare opportunity to compare notes about their respective wildlife laws and enforcement capacities and strategies. In March 2017, AWF and partners held a workshop for participants from Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland to enhance transboundary collaboration, legal frameworks and communication networks to curb illegal wildlife crime. In 2016, we hosted representatives from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda for the same purpose—to­ enhance regional collaboration amongst wildlife crime STRENGTHENING LEGAL SYSTEMS prosecutors in east and central Africa.

IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POACHING The sensitization efforts are paying off. For example, as of May 2017, the conviction rate for wildlife crimes in Kenya rose to 91 percent, from n 2017 and early 2018, AWF’s canine units Arrests mean little if illegal activities don’t 44 percent in 2013. The success is attributed made over 100 busts, uncovering raw and result in punishments—we must also look to to the trainings and closer collaboration Iworked ivory, pangolin scales and skins, lion the courts. As wildlife poaching and trafficking amongst state and non-state actors working bones, sable antelope horns, rhino horns, hippo continue to seriously threaten the future of seamlessly to ensure that the judicial process, teeth, and more. In August, our dogs alerted African wildlife, prosecutors must be prepared from investigation to prosecution to the their handlers to a huge stash—50 pounds of to push for significant punishments to shut adjudication of wildlife cases, is successful. rhino horn in a smuggler’s bag at the Entebbe down poaching operations. Top Left: A Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger interacts with trusted International Airport. The Vietnamese smuggler companion, a skilled sniffer dog.

was arrested, prosecuted and eventually fined and “We support the relevant law enforcement Top Right: AWF Vice President for Species deported from Uganda. agencies to deter wildlife crimes and to arrest Protection Philip Muruthi addresses a judicial training workshop. offenders. We also educate and sensitize key Bottom Right: Judicial training With Africa losing about 8 percent of its agencies and communities for long-term workshop attendees. elephants and large numbers of other species to impacts on species—the goal is viable, functional poaching every year, uncovering stashes of ivory populations in their natural habitats,” said Philip and horn, skin and scales is only half the battle. Muruthi, AWF’s vice president for species

14 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 15 “This entire project is pretty simple. It’s dog technology, and it’s been around for a long time. Man’s best friend. We’ve evolved together over the centuries, and we’re now working together to help save the future of wildlife on this continent.”

WILL POWELL DIRECTOR, CANINES FOR CONSERVATION

In the poaching fight, putting dogs to work at what they do best: sniffing

Canines for Conservation, the sniffer dog program AWF launched in 2014, continues to see extraordinary success.

The program’s talented dogs—shepherds and Springer spaniels mostly—undergo nearly two- and-a-half months of training to become expert at detecting and signaling contraband such as rhino horn, ivory and pangolin scales. They can sniff out everything from ivory jewelry to full tusks to rhino horn dust. When they do detect contraband, the dogs signal within seconds to alert their expert handlers.

Each dog is paired with a dedicated handler, as the team’s success depends not just on refining sniffing skills, but on the relationship that is built between wo/man and dog. Will Powell, director of the Canines program, says, “The dogs and their handlers must be totally in love with each other. The first week of their training is simply about creating the bond that cements the partnership for the CANINES FOR CONSERVATION CANINES FOR training to come, involving play and just hanging out. Once this bond is established, we can start work.”

16 17 A woman & her dog, fighting international wildlife crime

“Being a dog handler and using that skill to fight poaching is a big achievement for me,” said dog handler Tebogo Mangombe at a Canines for Conservation graduation ceremony in Botswana in December.

Mangombe and 14 other leading members of Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and And indeed, the dogs have gotten to National Parks graduated alongside their work. Since the program launched, the detection dogs following 10 weeks of rigorous teams have intercepted almost 200 stashes training led by AWF’s Canines for Conservation of ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales director Will Powell. or other illicit wildlife products. “I was previously in the anti-poaching unit,” „„ In Kenya, our sniffer dogs deployed at the Mangombe said. “Now this canine unit is my Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in life. I cannot imagine myself doing anything else. Nairobi and the port in Mombasa uncovered more than 60 stashes; smugglers are now “We are going back home with the goal of ending reluctant even to try sneaking ivory or this organized crime.” rhino horn in and out of Kenya.

„„ In Tanzania, the canine teams have been so AWF’s latest Canines for Conservation class successful, with more than 25 busts, that graduated 10 dogs and 15 handlers from As we consider strategic expansion of the wildlife ivory trade has almost completely stopped Botswana in December, 2017. detection dog program across Africa, we also in the previously active southern region. are deepening it in the focal countries to ensure „„ In Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport, optimal effectiveness. our dedicated canine units made 99 finds since beginning work in November 2016, “This entire project is pretty simple,” says Powell. STOP THE KILLING. leading to 93 arrests and 32 convictions. “It’s dog technology, and it’s been around for a long time. Man’s best friend. We’ve evolved „„ Finally, in Botswana in December, our together over the centuries, and we’re now STOP THE TRAFFICKING. new class of dog-and-handler units working together to help save the future of graduated from training school. They’ll wildlife on this continent.” STOP THE DEMAND. be deployed to strategic airports, roads and border crossings.

18 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 19 MULTI-AREA

Chimpanzees & bonobos AWF seeks to conserve populations of all nine subspecies of African great apes and their habitat. In addition to mountain gorillas, these subspecies include the Cross River, Western lowland and Eastern lowland gorillas; the Western, Nigeria-Cameroon, Central and training, technical advice and supplies, the Eastern chimpanzee; and bonobos. program boosted park authority capacity to protect the forest and gorillas, in part through Since 2013 we’ve supported anti-poaching and patrols and monitoring of the gorilla troops. ecological monitoring in Cameroon’s Dja Faunal Remarkably, very few gorillas were killed during Reserve, home to lowland gorillas and western the worst violence in the region, the Rwandan chimpanzees. In 2017, we used camera traps genocide in 1994. and drones to significantly improve tracking of poachers in four hotspots. STRIVING TOWARD A SECURE FUTURE Most recently, AWF has focused on eco-tourism development. By building private-community AWF also helped establish two community FOR GREAT APES IN AFRICA partnerships that in turn develop community- reserves for critical bonobo populations. The owned travel lodges, AWF helps create an Lomako–Yokokala Faunal Reserve and Iyondji unbeatable incentive to conserve mountain Community Bonobo Reserve lead to jobs and he story of mountain gorillas in recent Fossey wrote in National Geographic, “its diet, gorilla populations: income. Since Rwanda’s help communities leverage tourism income while history is one of violence and turmoil, but its mating and reproductive processes, its range Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge opened in 2007, increasing our knowledge of the fascinating, T also hope and fragile recovery. Through patterns, its social behavior.” Her years of study, for example, it has generated USD 2.9 million critically endangered bonobo. AWF worked with poaching, civil war and genocide, large-scale before her life ended so brutally, would shed light for the community, which has resulted in local stakeholders to develop the Iyondji reserve habitat loss, disease, and hunting for the pet on all these aspects of mountain gorilla life. livelihood improvement and strong area specifically at the request of communities, who trade, the mountain gorilla hung on. Then, with support for gorilla conservation. saw the economic benefits the Lomako people the help of conservationists and enlightened AWF was among the first to recognize the need accrued after the faunal reserve opened there. governments, the gorillas did better than that. for an integrated approach to mountain gorilla AWF recently secured more badly needed space Where they numbered perhaps 600 at their conservation, one that blended anti-poaching for the Virunga gorillas, donating 28 hectares In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lowest point in the 1980s, today they’re tipping measures with community outreach and, most to the government of Rwanda, which has shown AWF’s Congo Shipping Project uses a tug-barge past 1,000. “Kwita Izina”—an annual celebration critically, tourism, to make living gorillas a vital, itself to be an exemplary conservation leader in called the M.B. Moise to connect extremely in which Rwanda’s newest baby gorillas are sustainable income source. This vision gave rise Africa and is using the land to expand Volcanoes remote villages to new markets. In conjunction named—last year named 19 new babies and to the Mountain Gorilla Project, which helped National Park. (See page 20.) with agricultural training programs and the year before that, 22. habituate the gorillas (naturally shy) to humans support for new farmer associations, the as a step toward eco-tourism, introduced anti- project has helped increase incomes by 250

AWF played no small part in this hopeful story. poaching measures and started local conservation Top Left: A juvenile mountain gorilla plays on his father’s back percent. It also has reduced reliance on Our work with gorillas began approximately 50 awareness-building and sensitization. In 1991, in the forests of Rwanda. Photo by Dee Ann Pederson. unsustainable practices such as bushmeat years ago when we helped fund Dian Fossey’s the Rwanda-based project expanded to include Top Center: Photo by Greg S. Garrett (gsgarrett.com). hunting and slash-and-burn agriculture. now-famous study of gorillas in the Virunga Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Top Right: The Lomako Conservation Science Center supports mountains. “One of the basic steps in saving a Congo and was renamed the International bonobos through wildlife surveys, training of Congolese researchers and developing wildlife conservation plans. threatened species is to learn more about it,” Gorilla Conservation Programme. Providing Photo by Billy Dodson.

20 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 21 “Communities can thrive as a result of conservation.”

H.E. BENJAMIN W. MKAPA FORMER PRESIDENT OF TANZANIA & AWF TRUSTEE

Giving mountain gorillas room to roam

With mountain gorilla numbers increasing, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact they are still the world’s most endangered ape. About 1,000 remain today, living in only two places—the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda and the Virunga massif, which extends into Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

But this vulnerable sub-species got a measure of added protection early in 2018 when AWF donated land to expand the perimeter of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park in the Virungas.

The 28-hectare (69-acre) addition to Volcanoes, Africa’s oldest national park, helps reduce pressure on the gorillas especially as they travel VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL VOLCANOES in the narrowest section of the park. The gorillas often cross the park boundaries, and it’s here, around farms with their tasty crops, that the apes can encounter conflict with humans. As

22 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 23 mountain gorilla numbers increase, pressure on habitat also increases. If mountain gorilla populations are to survive and thrive, Volcanoes National Park must be strategically protected.

AWF bought the land with support from the Annenberg Foundation, specifically to donate it to the Rwandan government as the first park expansion in over 30 years.

Volcanoes National Park and other parks— and the mountain gorillas within them—are a significant economic engine for Rwanda. The country generated USD 404 million from tourism in 2016. Ten percent of the revenue from Rwanda parks goes to local communities, which is unprecedented in Africa and a credit to the Rwandan government. Between 2005 and 2015, communities around Volcanoes National Park received over USD 1 million, which supports school development, scholarships, infrastructure, employment and other services.

Said AWF President Kaddu Sebunya during the land handover ceremony: “Rwanda has provided a template for sustainable development for a continent that is dependent on conservation of natural resources.”

Sebunya used the ceremony as an opportunity to encourage other African governments to follow Rwanda’s lead in conservation commitment. “When we met in Kigali in November 2016 at the African Investment Forum, a day like today was a distant dream. Back then, we discussed partnerships and ecosystem protection. We looked at Rwanda and its model for sustainable development and concluded that it was way ahead of its peers on the continent. While I Top Left: AWF President Kaddu Sebunya with Clare Akamanzi, CEO of the Rwanda Development Board, had no doubt that the Rwandan Government Former Tanzanian president and AWF Trustee during the park expansion ceremony in Kinigi, had found a winning conservation formula, I H.E. Benjamin W. Mkapa also attended the Musanze District, Rwanda on January 10th, 2018. expected other countries would bridge the gap ceremony and commended Rwandan Top Right: AWF President Kaddu Sebunya, former Tanzanian President and AWF Trustee H.E. Benjamin with Kigali quickly. president Paul Kagame’s foresight. “What W. Mkapa and Rwandan Minister for Trade & Industry Vincent Munyeshyaka arrive at the land handover President Kagame has done demonstrates venue in Kinigi, Musanze District, Rwanda. “I am not sure how close other African countries that a country can support a robust economy Photos by Thomas Mukoza. have come, but I am excited by the great strides and good development of infrastructure, Rwanda is taking to develop its natural heritage while simultaneously protecting the sustainably and guarantee long-term socio- environment,” Mkapa said. economic stability for its people.” “He has shown that communities can thrive as a result of conservation.”

24 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 25 DRC

SECURING A REMOTE LANDSCAPE FOR CHIMPANZEES & FOREST ELEPHANTS

he Bili-Uele Protected Area Complex corner of this priority area, now known in the remote north of the Democratic as the Bili Mbomu Forest Complex. T Republic of the Congo (DRC) is home to as many as 65,000 eastern chimpanzees— To date, the project has recruited rangers the largest population in Africa—as well as and trained them in ecological monitoring, one of the DRC’s last populations of the counter-poaching tactics and anti-poaching vulnerable forest elephant. technology. These front-line defenders have destroyed scores of hunting camps in the area. Conservation challenges, which include The project also organized a Wildlife Crime bushmeat hunting, encroachment by local Investigation Unit and Quick Reaction Force pastoralists and intermittent presence of equipped with drones to monitor activity rebel fighters, as well as poaching for ivory, in the vast and hard-to-travel landscape. are exacerbated by the government’s lack of resources to protect this remote outpost of Most recently AWF secured a EUR 3 million biodiversity. Since 2015, when AWF began grant from the European Union (EU) to working in Bili-Uele with the Congolese secure a sustainable future for the Bili-Uele, its parks authority (known as the Institut populations and its biodiversity. The grant is Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature, part of the EU’s Forest Ecosystems in Central or ICCN), we’ve seen the importance of Africa program, which is an effort to link a presence on the ground as a first step in conservation efforts and poverty reduction protecting and conserving wildlife. in the remote forests of seven countries Top Left: Bushmeat hunting is one of Top Right: The 60,000-square-kilometer Bottom: Forest elephants are found in including the DRC. Much of the funding will the biggest threats to chimpanzees’ Bili-Uele conservation area harbors high West and Central Africa. AWF is funding 2 survival; AWF works with communities levels of biodiversity, including the last research to create comprehensive data AWF identified a 10,000-km section within go towards supporting ICCN in planning and in Bili-Uele to develop alternative remaining continuous population of the on the forest elephant. Photo by sustainable agricultural practices. eastern chimpanzee. Gudkov Andrey. Bili-Uele with the highest potential for wildlife management capacity, including facilitating Photo by Paul Runze (pcrimages.com). protection and a low forecast for habitat communities’ participation in managing the destruction. Then AWF and ICCN established land they rely on for their livelihoods. an operations base at Bili in the southwestern

26 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 27 KENYA

Kenyan wildlife aerial count: ELEPHANTS ON THE RISE

he results from an aerial survey of Research Institute have conducted them elephants in Kenya’s Tsavo-Mkomazi every three years since. AWF staff members Increase from 2014–2017 T Ecosystem (TME) are in, and data participated in the count, gathering data and shows elephant populations in the TME analyzing the results. AWF also provided KENYA region (southeast Kenya and northeast funding for equipment and 10 aircraft, which TSAVO

Tanzania) increased by 14.7 percent were equipped with GPS units and cameras. NATIONAL %

PARK 61 between 2014 and 2017. Additionally, with a new grant from the U.S. The survey, co-funded by AWF, took place over Agency for International Development, AWF 10 days in early 2017. A total of 12,866 elephants is working in the communal areas between were counted, representing an annual increase of Tsavo East and West to ensure community 4.9 percent over each of the last three years. The conservancies are viable and to support

census also found buffalo populations increased and strengthen community engagement 26 % by 26 percent and giraffes by 61 percent. in conservation and wildlife conservation. % (Community conservancies are autonomous 14.7 Unfortunately, the census also recorded bodies that manage their land with a 1,167 elephant carcasses—a reminder that commitment to biodiversity while Mombasa elephants are under constant threat from supporting area livelihoods.) illegal poaching, habitat loss and human- MKOMAZI wildlife conflict. There was also evidence of NATIONAL increased human activities such as charcoal PARK Top Left: Researchers use burning and grazing livestock within the area CyberTracker GPS units to gather population data. T ANZANIA (approximately 50,000 square kilometers). Top Right: An aerial survey of elephants in the Tsavo- The wildlife surveys started in 2002, and the Mkomazi Ecosystem found elephant populations Kenya Wildlife Service and Tanzania Wildlife increased 4.9% annually.

28 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 29 CAMEROON

Natural next step Faro National Park in the north, home to Cameroon’s largest population of hippos, serves Looking ahead: as a natural next step for AWF engagement in the country. After a survey of Faro in 2016, AWF AWF IN CAMEROON realized that conservation work in the park was practically nonexistent. The road conditions exacerbate the situation: Of the 500-km route ameroon mirrors Africa’s diversity from into the park, only the first 30 km from the main an ecological standpoint. Like its mother entrance are currently passable. Ccontinent, Cameroon boasts a coastline, mountains, savanna, desert and tropical With support from the European Union, AWF’s rainforests hosting roughly 90 percent of all work in Faro, to begin in 2018, will initially ecosystem types found in Africa. Service of the DFR, which manages the focus on working with the government to protected area on behalf of the Ministry of develop general management and business The Cameroonian government needs support Forest and Fauna, AWF strengthened anti- plans for the park, upgrade the part of the to conserve its natural biodiversity treasures. poaching activities by training rangers and main road and develop ranger capacity. Later Cameroon’s parks are vast, and the wildlife providing ecological monitoring equipment will come the critical work of conservation authority is under-resourced. Threats to wildlife and gear. Our GIS team helps map priority engagement with surrounding communities as are considerable: In the north, armed pastoralists areas with high potential for poaching (using wildlife contraband, guns, ammunition and well as alternative livelihood development. enter protected areas at will and kill wildlife data from patrols and from GIS platforms). motorbikes. They also removed more than 250 for meat. In the south, there’s logging and This data allowed the conservation service traps and snares. infrastructure development and, again, to most efficiently apply its resources. bushmeat hunting. AWF also helped establish vigilance committees in We also established ranger bases at four priority local communities. These groups report suspicious Fortunately, AWF already has a foothold in sites in the reserve, and strategically placed activity and play a significant role in locating bush Cameroon. We’ve been providing technical and camera traps and acoustic sensors to improve meat and illegal weapons. financial support to wildlife authorities in Campo monitoring of performance of the anti-poaching Ma’an National Park, which is in the southwest efforts. These enhancements also allow us to corner of the country, bordering Equatorial adapt our strategic approach as needed. Top Left: AWF provides technical support to Guinea; and we have an AWF technical advisor Campo Ma’an National Park in Cameroon, protecting critical wildlife populations. Photo by based in Dja Faunal Reserve (DFR), which is in The enhancements are working, and poaching Christian Sefrin (Mt. Cameroon National Park). southeast Cameroon. arrests have increased. In 2016, one of the men Middle Top & Bottom: Dja Faunal Reserve is vital arrested was a well-known yet elusive criminal habitat to endangered chimpanzees. Photos Dja is a vital home to endangered chimpanzees at the head of a local bushmeat trade network. by Sean Brogan. and western lowland gorillas and is a World During hundreds of patrols in 2017, rangers Top Right: AWF’s conservation work in Faro National Park will protect Cameroon’s largest Heritage Site. Working with the Conservation destroyed scores of active hunting camps, seizing hippo population. Photo by Billy Dodson.

30 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 31 ZIMBABWE

SUPPORTING FRONT-LINE WILDLIFE DEFENDERS IN ZIMBABWE

vory poaching has hit Zimbabwe hard in the In southeastern Zimbabwe at the Save Valley last decade. Estimates show the southern Conservancy, AWF provides funding to a rhino IAfrica country has lost 10,000 elephants from anti-poaching unit. two of its critical populations since the most recent aerial survey in 2007. And it is a hotspot We also have a presence in Hwange National for rhino poaching as well. Through our species Park, which is famous for its large populations Top Left: A lone African wild dog spots the camera and land protection programs, AWF works to of elephants and large carnivores, including one on Senuko Ranch, Save Conservancy, Zimbabwe. Once widespread, these painted dogs are now increase the capacity of the men and women on of the most elusive predators on the continent: endangered, with a population of less than 6,600 left in the wild. the front lines of Zimbabwe’s poaching crisis. the endangered African wild dog (also known as “painted dogs” for their colorful, patchy coats). Top Right: Photo by Larry Traxler. Some of this work occurs in the Lower The dogs cover a lot of ground while hunting Middle Right: Photo by Roger Turski (deltarain.com). Zambezi Valley, an AWF priority landscape and often fall victim to poachers’ snares or that encompasses wildlife habitat in Zimbabwe, cyanide-laced water traps. Zambia and Mozambique. We helped establish a base camp in Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools To help protect wild dogs throughout this vast National Park, a 2,196-square-kilometer World landscape, AWF partners with Painted Dog Heritage Site with the country’s most significant Conservation (PDC), which has a long history concentration of hippos and crocodiles as well as of working to conserve African wild dogs. With crucial elephant populations, lion, cheetah and our support, PDC has expanded its anti-poaching painted dogs. With modern accommodations, unit while building up its community outreach an operations room, stores and a canteen, the campaign, “Zero Tolerance to Wildlife Crime.” new camp houses a 40-ranger rapid reaction PDC also operates a busy rehabilitation center anti-poaching unit and is the nerve center for for injured dogs. coordination of anti-poaching operations. It also is a center for training of rangers based throughout the valley. To date, we’ve conducted leadership training, as well as training in night patrols and use of ecological monitoring devices and software.

32 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 33 Letter from the President: A TIME FOR INNOVATION

Dear AWF friends,

Conservation news out of Africa often is bleak, but there are great stories worth celebrating.

Creative actions by Rwanda, the DRC and Uganda have helped mountain gorillas become the only non-human primates now growing in numbers. Once besieged by poachers, elephant populations have stabilized in East Africa, and reports from South Africa show a decline in rhino poaching.

China, once the world’s largest market for illegal ivory, has banned the trade. Hong Kong is taking important steps towards eliminating ivory trade too, while major online retailers like Rakuten have shut down the sale of wildlife products on their platforms. Across the continent, governments are taking proactive measures to secure wildlife and wild lands.

However, these steps in the right direction shouldn’t blind us to the stark reality that we are running out of time to protect Africa’s natural capital.

Owing to climate change, 17 countries in Africa are struggling to come to terms with the impact of two consecutive years of drought, which have left more than 38 million people vulnerable. This drought—the worst in two generations in the Horn and parts of Top Left: Rwanda’s Minister for Trade and Industry Vincent southern Africa—has killed thousands of endangered animals. Munyeshyaka and AWF The partnerships we are creating with donors, governments and pan- President Kaddu Sebunya during the land handover African institutions—in politics, governance, finance, agriculture and How much longer will it be possible to secure protected lands ceremony in Kinigi, Rwanda. security—shall determine the new generation of policies that will lead Photo by Thomas Mukoza. and wildlife habitats from the pressure of communities that are to a thriving continent with wildlife and wild lands at its core. Top Right: AWF President Kaddu running out of water and pasture? How will we secure the stabilizing Sebunya and former EU populations of elephants and rhinos in countries emerging from Ambassador to Uganda Kristian These are truly trying times, but I believe they offer opportunities for Schmidt celebrate World poaching crises? Wildlife Day 2017. reinvention and conservation innovation. And AWF—one of the oldest Bottom Right: AWF President African conservation organizations and one that is widely respected by Kaddu Sebunya and My travels across Africa and interactions with decision-makers have Intergovernmental Authority key decision-makers—has the depth of knowledge and experience to convinced me that our work is not only still needed, but that we are on Development Executive offer leadership on these emerging conservation challenges. Secretary Mahboub M. also being called upon to do more and offer new ideas. Maalim sign an MOU.

We are increasingly going beyond our traditional conservation work to forge non-conventional partnerships that respond more robustly to Africa’s unique challenges and needs. Kaddu Sebunya President

34 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 35 TANZANIA

SUSTAINING FARMERS & WILDLIFE IN SOUTHERN TANZANIA Top Left: Southern Tanzania’s Kilombero landscape.

Top & Bottom Right: A small- n southern Tanzania’s Kilombero Valley, farmers by improving cultivation techniques. Such symbiosis is a crucial tenet of the scale sugar cane farm in elephants and other species travel important It strategically links farmers with higher- International Union for Conservation of southern Tanzania’s Kilombero landscape is supported by AWF. Icorridors to find food and water. But, as paying agricultural markets in exchange Nature Sustainable Inclusion Strategy for human development encroaches upon protected for forest conservation and more efficient Growth Corridors in Africa (or SUSTAIN) areas, these essential migratory routes are use of farm land. Thus, the partnership program, which AWF implements in southern becoming fragmented and converted to aims to simultaneously protect farmers’ Tanzania with support from the Netherlands agricultural and other non-compatible uses. livelihoods and the area’s biodiversity. Development Organisation. The potential for human-wildlife conflict increases when corridors are lost. The tension “On the one hand, we want to conserve and AWF also facilitates communities’ conservation is most sharply felt by the fertile ecosystem’s maintain essential migration routes for land-use planning in Kilombero. In September, 100,000 small-scale farmers, many of them critically endangered and charismatic species government officials and community women, who grow rice and cocoa. Conflict such as elephants. At the same time, human- representatives agreed to implement restoration erupts when wildlife destroys or eats crops. wildlife conflicts can be prevented by reducing plans for areas of ecological value, including the impacts on fields by wildlife and therefore key wildlife corridors. To address this problem, AWF is working with the strain on farmers,” says Kathleen Fitzgerald, 2,000 small-scale farmers from 13 villages AWF’s vice president for programs in East surrounding Kilombero Nature Reserve. The and southern Africa. program seeks to generate higher income for

36 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 37 UGANDA

IMPROVING PARK MANAGEMENT, REDUCING HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT & CREATING SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN UGANDA

hen it comes to biodiversity, Uganda with results that include protection of the is among the world’s most fortunate priority natural assets, world-class travel COMMUNITIES SEE W countries. It claims 10 percent of the lodges and other tourism infrastructure. world’s bird species (more than 1,000) and more than 340 species of mammals, including the rare The most recent USAID-funded partnership FIRSTHAND THAT BY mountain gorilla. Of the 41 priority landscapes in Uganda, a five-year program designed in Africa that AWF has identified for critical to protect wildlife and wild lands while PROTECTING THE FOREST conservation work, four are in Uganda. benefiting communities, achieved powerful impacts including improvements in Over the past three decades, partnerships protected area management, mitigation of (A SOURCE OF NECTAR), in Uganda between AWF, the U.S. Agency human-wildlife conflict and development for International Development (USAID), of alternative livelihoods, particularly THEIR HARVESTS ARE the Ugandan Wildlife Authority (UWA) and chili farming and beekeeping. National Forest Authority have been fruitful, MORE ABUNDANT

Cybertracker Chilies Beekeeping

AWF trains park staff in To help Kidepo Valley and AWF worked with partners to train more honey by Uganda National Bureau CyberTracker, a hand-held Murchison Falls farmers struggling than 800 people around Kalinzu and Budongo of Standards. The beekeepers are device that allows users to record to keep elephants out of their crops, Central Forest Reserves in a sustainable organized and registered as producer observations in the wild. Users can track the AWF trained farmers to grow chilies. When microenterprise: beekeeping. We then cooperatives with the appropriate government number of snares they remove, for example, compacted in blocks or mixed with rice husks or supported almost 100 of these farmers in ministries, enabling them to access commercial or elephants in a herd on a given day. The data cow dung and burned, the chili’s pungent smell further development of apiary businesses, markets. In addition to gaining improved inform decisions about where to implement repels most wildlife, including elephants. Chili including supplying 800 hives and equipment incomes, communities see firsthand that by patrols, intelligence gathering, community has the same effect when mixed with oil and including harvesting suits, smokers, scales and protecting the forest (a source of nectar), their awareness raising or other interventions. smeared on strings or rugs hung on garden edges. guidebooks. To ensure quality, the program—in harvests are more abundant. Chilies also repel elephants when planted in or partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute— around gardens. The best news is that the chili supported the testing and certification of the farmer’s income has more than doubled because in addition to using the crop to prevent elephant raiding they have sold it to local markets. Top Left: Murchison Falls. Top Right: Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers learn how to use CyberTracker, a hand- held device that uses GPS to gather data.

38 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 39 WRITTEN BY PERRIN BANKS CLASSROOM AFRICA PROGRAM MANAGER

Educating Zambia’s future conservation leaders

People often ask why a conservation organization builds schools. For me, it’s an easy answer. Education is one of the primary ways to develop consciousness about how our actions impact the environment— both locally and globally. It is one of the most important means of empowering youth, engaging communities, fostering concern for wildlife and promoting the sustainable use of natural resources. CLASSROOM AFRICA CLASSROOM

So why not just develop conservation education curriculum?

Building schools demonstrates AWF’s long- term commitment. We provide access to quality education in return for communities’ agreements to conserve land and protect wildlife. While Classroom Africa is a relatively new program, the success of the model is already apparent in achievements at Zambia’s Lupani Community School, where the community set aside 20,000 hectares of land strictly for conservation.

Seven years after we first opened the doors, the new school’s first-ever first-grade class has reached seventh grade, and the students are moving on to secondary school—a considerable achievement for a rural community school.

40 41 I first visited the campus as a program design Investing in a new officer based out of AWF’s Livingstone office in STUDENTS WHO WERE STRUGGLING southern Zambia. The school was two years old, ARE NOW GRADUATING AT THE school in remote and just beginning to gain momentum. We had reconstructed it from a one-room schoolhouse to TOP OF THEIR CLASS Ethiopian highlands a campus complete with six classrooms and on- site teachers’ housing. Enrollment was on the rise in Johannesburg. This achievement is on top of The rugged Simien Mountains National Park and, for the first time, students were graduating previous distinctions awarded to the principal in rural Ethiopia is a unique landscape, home

to the next level of schooling. and first-grade teacher at Lupani. to gelada monkeys, the endangered Ethiopian ETHIOPIA wolf and the rare Walia ibex. AWF has worked Over the past five years, our continued support Every visit to the school, I admire its success. with the Ethiopian government and the area’s and commitment have allowed Lupani to A quality learning space, teacher training Adisge community to strengthen conservation strive for an optimum balance of improved support, and opportunities to explore the local in the park, drastically reducing grazing and performance and higher conservation learning. environment through outdoor lessons and field successfully enlisting community members Now, as the Classroom Africa program manager, trips have propelled Lupani into a school that’s to act as Ethiopian wolf ambassadors who I see how much impact we can make in rural comparable to urban schools. monitor this unique predator’s activity. The communities in the landscapes where we work. impacts were so significant that UNESCO I am inspired by how hard teachers and students last year removed Simiens from its list of For the first time, I see how a community school continuously work. They have multiplied the World Heritage Sites in Danger—a tribute can transform into a center of excellence—which value of AWF’s support by remaining determined to Ethiopia’s conservation commitment. is often not the case in rural areas. Students are to not only instill and extend the importance participating in regional-level competitions— of conservation but to help students and peers In exchange for Adisge’s conservation and winning. Our partner, Children in the to excel and believe in themselves as Zambia’s investment, AWF’s Classroom Africa program Wilderness, awarded the school’s environmental future leaders. made an investment of its own, rebuilding the club “Best in Zambia.” Students who were community’s badly under-resourced school. struggling are graduating at the top of their class. After about two years of construction work, Teachers, too, are excelling. Coster Mutale, a a shiny new Adisge Primary School opened fourth-grade teacher and one of the school’s its doors in 2017. For the first time, it is set The Adisge renovation includes additional “eco-mentors,” will soon extend his environmental to include 7th and 8th graders. Previously, classrooms, teacher housing, and a re- education training with a five-day workshop it lacked adequate facilities, and the closest design to make the school eco-friendly and full primary school was 12 kilometers comfortable. Before, the rooms were dark, away. Many students didn’t complete dingy and quite chilly. The new school is their schooling due to the distance. lighter and also warmer thanks to soil-filled bags built into the walls as insulation. Absenteeism was also a persistent challenge, as many students worked on Thanks to a partnership with Northland family farms or in markets selling crafts to Controls, the school has solar panels that tourists. But a new school helps reinforce provide electricity. This also benefits the importance of education, boosting community members, who can charge both enrollment and attendance. cell phones at the school instead of at the nearest charging place miles away.

“It’s hard to quantify right now, but the whole feeling around the school is dramatically different,” says Brian McBrearity, who was the director of Classroom Africa and now is AWF’s vice president for management systems. “The pride, the smiles, the engagement with the school Left: Students at Classroom Africa’s is something to see. It’s a tangible difference.” Lupani Primary School on field trips and in the classroom.

Top Right: Thanks to the installation of solar panels on the school’s roof, Adisge students are excited about their new, well-lit and spacious classrooms.

42 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 43 MULTI-AREA

collections and park/guide fees. They also THE ECO-LODGES HELP put income directly into communities. Since opening in 2007, for example, PROTECT PRECIOUS Sabyinyo has generated almost USD 3 LANDSCAPES FOR THE million for the community association. Now, new evidence shows that lodges based BENEFIT OF AFRICA’S PEOPLE on wildlife tourism are indeed a strong conservation incentive for communities. AS WELL AS ITS WILDLIFE An AWF study published in Environmental Conservation in 2017 used satellite imagery to analyze new-construction density (huts, ECO-TOURISM BENEFITS AFRICA’S livestock pens, etc.) and land modification for farming, housing or livestock in four LANDSCAPES & PEOPLE group ranches where AWF had implemented community-based conservation programs. All of the community programs included n Rwanda, land of a thousand hills, an elegant, in Ethiopia and Satao Elerai Camp in Kenya—are eco-lodges except one. The researchers found airy travel lodge lies nestled against mountain diverse in location, area attractions and design that the programs with eco-lodges controlled Igorilla habitat. but all help protect Africa’s precious landscapes development in the conservation and grazing for the benefit of the continent’s people as well as zones significantly better than that without. In Ethiopia’s rugged and breathtaking Simien its wildlife. One community program had expanded its Mountains, a modern eco-lodge is just a trek conservation area more than seven-fold through away from gelada monkeys, those exotic AWF pioneered community ownership of travel agreements with neighboring communities. creatures with bleeding-heart throats and lodges based on wildlife tourism in 2001. We fearsome canine teeth. facilitate partnerships between the communities Says AWF ecologist and Director of and private-sector operators and often help pay Left: Limalimo Lodge in Ethiopia boasts Conservation Geography David Williams: breathtaking and expansive views of the Simien And at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro heartland for construction. The community provides the Mountains. Photos by Umiliki Investments. “Communities with tourism programs that

sits a camp where you can rest on a private land, and the private partner offers expertise in Top Center: Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge in Rwanda deliver jobs and benefits are motivated to be veranda, perhaps reliving your pre-dawn developing award-winning tourist facilities. has generated more than USD 3 million for the better conservation stewards of their land.” surrounding community since the lodge opened bushwalk with Maasai warriors. in 2007. Photo by Governor’s Camp Collection.

The lodges attract guests to national parks, Top Right: Satao Elerai Camp in Kenya is directly These AWF-initiated eco-lodges—Sabyinyo encourage longer stays and generate revenue owned by the local Maasai community; revenue from tourism is reinvested into conservation. Silverback Lodge in Rwanda, Limalimo Lodge for protected areas through increased gate Photo by Teeku Patel.

44 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 45 Letter from the Chair: A YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY

Dear AWF friends, AWF’s Board of Trustees

The year 2018 marks a time of new beginnings for the African Wildlife Heather Sturt Haaga Gordon Cheng Adrian Jay Foundation. We have a new CEO, Tom Ogilvie-Graham, a new board Chair Payson Coleman Rahim Khan chair (that would be me!) and a myriad of exciting new projects. David Thomson Lynn Dolnick Robert King From increased numbers of sniffer dogs in multiple African ports to Chair (2011–2017) expansion of the mountain gorilla habitat in Rwanda, we are on the Gregory Edwards Christopher Lee H. E. Benjamin W. Mkapa ground and running. And, we could do none of this without your Vice Chair Helen Gichohi Festus G. Mogae continued support and interest. Marleen Groen Stephen Golden Stuart Scott All of our projects are carefully thought through and analyzed for their Treasurer Donald Gray Veronica Varekova impact and sustainability. From Ethiopia to Cameroon to Zimbabwe, Myma Belo-Osagie Calvert (Barry) Hall Warren Walker we are investing in holistic programming to keep wildlife and wild Secretary lands safe while being aware that this must take place in a modern Christine Hemrick Charles R. Wall and developing Africa. Michael Hoffman

In 2018 we conclude our five-year strategic plan, and so we have embarked on a new planning process to ensure the next five years are equally productive and innovative. In addition to developing a new Emeriti five-year plan for AWF, I have three other goals. The first is to raise the profile of the African Wildlife Foundation so we become a Dennis Keller Leila S. Green Victoria Leslie household name. Chair John H. Heminway Henry P. McIntosh E.U. Curtis Bohlen The second is to grow our board to include more international George C. Hixon Sally Pingree trustees. Finally (and this is hugely important), we must become the Joan Donner William E. James Stuart T. Saunders, Jr. central convening power on the continent for discussions about conservation and all that entails. In the course of preparing our new strategic plan, we will identify critical areas where we can impact wildlife and wild lands most significantly. AWF Council

None of these plans can become a reality without the involvement Bobbie Ceiley Marty DiMarzio Jennifer Ritman of our partners—current and future—and the generosity of each and Chair Jane Horvitz Robyn Shreiber every one of you. Every gift that you give to AWF is so important. It Sara Aviel allows you to make a positive difference; it allows us to make a positive Misha Jannard Mari Sinton-Martinez difference together. Jennifer Brinkley Paul Martinez Carolyn Tett Andrew Brinkworth Lara Melwani David Tett With heartfelt thanks, Glen Ceiley Rajesh Melwani Glenna Waterman

Heather Sturt Haaga AWF’S TRUSTEES, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR MANY SUPPORTERS Chair HELP TO SECURE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE IN AFRICA. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

TRUSTEES LIST REFLECTS WHO SERVED DURING THE 2017 FISCAL YEAR, AS WELL AS THOSE SERVING AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION.

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Corwin T.J. & Sheila Fitzgerald Kristin Adams Kimberly & Tylor Armstrong Mr. Robert Beach Don & Marcia Blenko John A. Donovan Mr. Michael Brower Ms. Naila Costa Dr. & Mrs. David Flatt Harry Agnew Mr. & Mrs. Rick Arnold Frederick H. Bear Dr. & Mr. Nancy Blum Mr. Louis Dorfman Mrs. Catherine N. Brown Mrs. Sally R. Coughlin Jeffrey & Robin Fleck Edwin & Jean Aiken Shirley Jean Ashby Mrs. Robin I. Bennett Ariane Boal Mr. & Mrs. Gerry Doubleday Mrs. Helen J. Brown Robert Cox Dr. & Mrs. James L. Foght Mr. Donald Allen James & Helen Ashford Mr. Tod Bennett Ms. Judith A. Bocock Ms. Charlene J. Dougherty & Mrs. Waltraud Buckland Gordon & Jacqui Cragg Ms. Shirley Foreman Ms. Amy Alpine Ashley Bridget LLC Mrs. Lucy Wilson Benson John & Sandra Bordi Mr. Bruce C. Driver Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Sharon Crary Mr. David L. Douglass Mrs. Alyne F. Fortgang Amare Vita Janet J. Asimov M.D. The James Bergin Family Ms. Jacquelyn Borgel C. Frederick Buechner Ms. Marian L. Cross Ms. Kathleen Doyle Mrs. Ellen Forwalk Mrs. & Mr. Miriam Amari Ayudar Foundation Patrick J. Bergin, Ph.D. Mr. Tomasz Borukalo Florence V. Burden Stephen Crozier Janet Dracksdorf & Mr. Patrick S. Frame & Harish A. Amin & Paula Bakalar Mr. Robin Berkeley, OBE Ms. Rema Boscov Foundation Stephen Mills Mrs. Sheila M. Norman Hina H. Amin Mr. & Mrs. Dr. Frederick A. Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Balch Ms. Sheri E. Berman Patricia Bosworth Dr. Catherine M. Drexler & Mrs. Joan D. Francis Mrs. Ellen Amshel Charles O. Burgess Cruickshank M.D. Dr. Wade M. Mueller Dr. Barbara Ballinger M.D. Joseph Bertz Mrs. McLean Bowman Ellen Burstyn Mr. Mark S. Cunningham & Ross & Caren Frankel Mrs. Barbara Anderson Ms. Judith R. Klein Michael Duckworth Richard Bamberger Max L. Bessler Lavinia P. Boyd Dr. Elvia Bury Lynne Freeman Cynthia Anderson Ms. Marguerite Czarnecki Mr. Brian T. Duffy Ms. Anne C. Barasch Mr. & Mrs. Dhiraj Bhatt Mr. John A. K. Bradley Mr. James Busterud Mr. Delbert R. French II Darin & Lori Anderson Philip Dabague Sean Duggan The Barnston-Koutsaftis Big A LLC Ms. Miriam Brafman Ms. Kathryn E. Cade Ms. Nancy L. Freshley Ms. Faye C. Anderson Family Foundation Mary A. Dahlgren Ms. Helen M. Dunlap The Big Dog Fund Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bramsen Ms. & Mr. Linda Calbreath Mr. & Mrs. Lionel Friedberg Ms. Helen F. Anderson Ms. Carlin A. Barton Jacqueline Damm Ms. Andrea Durkin Mrs. Lucius H. Biglow Jr. Ms. Elaine Branagh Dr. April D. Campbell M.D. Friedlander Family Fund Ken & Marilyn Anderson Mr. Gregory E. Barton & Mrs. Dianne C. Dana Ms. Lori Eanes Mrs. Janet L. Sikirica Mr. & Mrs. John W. Bittig Ms. Judith The Friendship Fund Dr. Marcia S. Anderson Campbell-McKennis Ilana D’Ancona Frederick Eaton Mr. & Mrs. Nasser Basir Mr. & Mrs. John R. Bitzer Lynn & Barry Friesen Ms. Ann R. Cannarella Curran & Jeffrey Dandurand Dr. Gisela Eckhardt Mitchel Fromm Ms. Leslie Carothers Susan & Bill Darnell Jo Ann Eder Emily Fung Ms. Dorinda Carr Lindsey Davidson Elephant Pants Ms. Bridget Fusco Mr. & Mrs. Bill Davis Dr. & Mrs. Richard Ellis Jameson B. Carroll Mr. Dennis Gaitsgory “Having been born and raised in Africa, it is clear to me that my children and our future Jefferson Davis Alexandra Ellsworth Tom & Gayle Casselman Ms. Sandra Gallagher Mr. Pierre de Villiers ELM Education Marketing generations will not be able to enjoy the privileges of the beauty of Africa that I was able The Cassum Ms. Virginia Gassel, Jr. Family Foundation Heather Dean Mrs. Priscilla A. Elwell & to do not so long ago. It is time to give back and make a difference. I chose to support Mr. Richard O. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Gelvin Ms. Gloria Castillo Dr. & Mrs. George J. Dechet M.D. Mr. Kenneth M. Erickson Mr. Markus H. Gemuend & AWF because they recognise that a modern Africa is inevitable, and for it to thrive and Mr. Adrian Catalano Mrs. Christine E. Gemuend Christiane Defontaine Mr. Richard Ethan Pride have a sustainable future, environmental protection must be an integral part of social Dan & Robin Catlin Mike Genetti Douglas DeHart Judy Etherington John & Theresa Cederholm Mr. & Mrs. and economic development. It is within this framework that AWF empowers people, Mr. Michael A. & Ms. Heather Evans William A. Geoghegan Ms. Frankie Chamberlain Mrs. Susan W. Delmanowski engages communities and works with government organisations to safeguard the last Mr. R. Bradford Evans Mrs. Maggie Georgiadis Ms. Sonya L. Chang & Mr. John H. Demmler Mr. Erik Neuenschwander Jeffrey Facteau Sadie Gerbic of the vital wildlife and wild lands we have left on our planet today.” Louise Denny Mrs. Margaret J. Chin Mrs. Pamela Fair & Mrs. & Mr. Virginia Germann Mr. & Mrs. Clayton H. Depew Mr. Glen J. Sullivan LARA MELWANI Brian Chinchar Mr. Gordon Getty AWF COUNCIL MEMBER, HONG KONG Mr. Hal Schneider & Mr. Andrew Fairley Lynne Clark Ms. Irene Devine Ms. Susan Gilbert Mr. Christophe Farber

50 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 51 Mrs. & Mr. Joyce L. Gildea Mr. & Mrs. Gaylord G. Henry Margaret Jemison Mr. Abdool R. Khan Mrs. Jessica Gilmartin Ms. Joan Hero Mr. Jeffrey Jens David Khoury THANKS TO OUR FUNDING PARTNERS Ms. Susan M. Glasbrenner Mary Anne Hertel Mr. & Mrs. Thomas I. Jensen Thomas Kiefer Ms. Jennifer Glick Marie Hertzig Ph.D. Thomas Jesulaitis Ms. Leila Kight AWF values our many partnerships with organizations in the private, NGO and public sectors. Mr. & Mrs. Earl R. Godwin Ms. Phyllis Hilmer Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Jevric Leland Kinter Collaborations are integral to AWF’s successes over nearly 60 years and our continued efforts to Ms. Lucille Gonyea Mr. & Mrs. The Ted & Ruth Johnson Ms. Elizabeth L. Kiriazis meet the immense challenge of securing a vital future for wildlife and wild lands in modern Africa. Douglas E. Himmel Family Foundation Daniel Gordon David Kirk Family Foundation Dr. Myron Hinrichs DVM Mr. Eric B. Johnson & Mrs. Laura C. Williams Patricia Klipper Mr. Robert Grabman Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation - Mrs. & Mr. Clarissa M. Jonas Mr. & Mrs. David Knowles Mr. Frank C. Graves & John Hirschi Donor Advised Mrs. Christine Dugan Colonel Freeman E. & Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Dr. & Mrs. Mrs. Anne B. Jones Kolodny EUROPEAN UNION Greater Sac AAZK John J. Hockema DDS Laren & Randal Jones Gerald A. & Karen A. Dr. Pierre Greeff & Ms. Cynthia Holcroft Argani Kolschowsky Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Dinah Greeff Mrs. Judith M. Joy Mrs. Theodora W. Hooton Brice Kornegay Scott & Karen Green Ms. Judy M. Judd Ms. Cindy Hops Mr. C. S. Kriegh & Dr. Mr. & Mrs. Rex Grey Hazel & Julian Judelman Pamella S. Gronemeyer Ms. Mandana Hormozi Carl Griffin & Mr. Steven Kadish Dr. Pamela Kushner M.D. Dr. Christine Johnson Candace Horsley Dr. Norma Kafer Mr. & Mrs. Rob Labicane Marla & Steven Griffith Carrie Horwitch & Michael DeHaan Ian & Vanessa Kallmeyer Ms. Leanne Lachman Mr. Steven L. Griffith Mr. Marcos C. Ladeira Timothy & Marjorie Griffith Mary Lou Lafler Ms. L. Gayle Gross & “Of all the charities supporting African wildlife Mr. Howard Gross Sarah “Dixie” Laite Mr. Robert T. & conservation, I’ve come to believe that AWF Kaushik Lakshminarayanan Mrs. Devon A. Guard OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THESE AND THE MANY OTHER PARTNERS LISTED HEREIN. provides the most effective programs to protect Ms. Diane H. Lamb Ms. Candace I. Haber John & Diana Lamb Mrs. Ruth Haberman the amazing wildlife of Africa.” Bill Lambert Mr. & Mrs. John Lindvall Mr. Andrew Malk W. Wallace McDowell Jr. Deborah & Jo Miller Dr. Maureen M. Hackett M.D. SUE ORLOFF Peter & Deborah Lamm Ms. Patricia A. Lintala Ms. Barbara J. Malk Mrs. Pamela McGaw Ms. Lori Miller Mr. Philip A. Hadley FOUNDER, BIOLOGISTS WITHOUT BORDERS Dr. Paul Lampert Neil Linton Ms. Georgia J. Malone Mr. Edward McGehee Ms. Valerie C. Mills Robert & Elice Hagge Mr. & Mrs. Gary D. Landers Dr. Jennifer M. Loggie M.D. Sole Marittimi Mr. Carl McGill Minerva Juliette Haggh Dr. Jean E. Howard Ms. Caroline Kane Ms. Ann Landes Mr. William H. Loos Mr. & Mrs. John F. Mars Scott T. McGraw Ms. Carol H. Minkin Ms. Ann T. Hale Mrs. Mary Hulitar Dr. & Dr. Ms. Margaret Laneri Ms. Pam Lotke Jacqueline B. Mars Ms. Louise McGregor Nadia Miroslava Viveros C Mr. Crispin Hales Susan L. Kannenberg Dr. Michael G. Hummer M.D. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Langer & Dr. Robert M. Lowen & Gary & Patricia Marshall Stevenson McIlvaine & Douglas Montgomery & Ms. Kimberly Hallatt Harriet A. Karkut Mr. Neil S. Weinstein Ms. Marilynn A. Gallaway Penelope Breese Matthew Hudson John C. Hunnewell D. Anne Martin The Halsey Family Dr. Cathy Kaufman Iger Karen Larsen Ms. Jolene Lu Mr. John A. McKenna & Carol Moore Foundation Britton Hunter Marilyn L. Martin Ms. Carol A. Campbell Ms. Patricia A. Kaupp Allan R. & Jeanne Larson Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Ludlow Mr. Timothy Moore Frank & Melissa Hanenberger Todd Huntley Ronald E. & Carol K. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Bruce L. McLear Steven Kazan & Judy The Robert J. Luebbert Family Charitable Era J. Moorer & Susan M. Harding Roger W. Hutchings Heymann Kazan Laskowski Foundation Fund of the New Hampshire Ms. Susan Martin Mr. Gilbert Meehan Walter F. Williams Charitable Foundation Mrs. Romayne A. Hardy Gaylord Ingersoll Asha Keddy Dylan Lee & Leslee York The Marxe Family Dr. Hooman Melamed The Morales Family Mr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Luke Foundation JoAnn & Alan Harley Ms. Susan Iverson Mr. & Mrs. Mrs. Patricia C. Lee Melling Family Foundation John & Tashia Morgridge Thomas W. Keesee III Mr. Timothy E. Lutes Ms. Carole A. Masters Linda A. Harris Mr. Daniel Izzo Mr. Tom Lee & Dr. Richard Melsheimer & Jeff & Shay Morris Mr. Edward A. & Mrs. Elizabeth P. Lovtang Mr. Eric Lutkin Ms. Debbie Matteo Ms. Cynthia L. Kring Harvey & Daughters, Inc. Michael Jackson Mrs. Terry J. Keible Ms. Linda Moyer Dr. & Dr. Ms. Pamela B. Lyons Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Matter Mr. & Mrs. Alan Menken Mrs. Lucile W. Hays Mrs. Myrna Jakobowski Ms. Suzanne G. Keith Lara S. Lehmer M.D. Ms. Kelly A. Moylan Mrs. Laurie J. Mackey Margaret S. Maurin Mr. Daniel F. Metcalf & Ms. Debra J. Heatherly Dr. Behnaz Jalali & Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Keller Ms. Zheindl Lehner Ms. Kathy J. Peacock Mr. & Mrs. William Murdy Dr. Mehrdad Jalali Mrs. Barbara L. Maclean Ms. Leslie Maxwell Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. John P. Keller Ms. Patricia Leighfield Diane Meyer Simon Ms. Betty J. Murtfeldt Harvard K. Hecker JAMBO International Inc. Dr. Thomas D. Webb & Mr. John McAdoo Dr. Alexander Kendziorski Betty A. Lewis University Ms. Susanne M. Madden Mr. & Mrs. George W. Meyer Mrs. Lisa R. Mustapich Michael Heckethorn Mr. Edgar Jannotta Environmental Charitable Ms. Catherine C. McCabe & Tal Kenet Trust Ms. Barbara L. Magin Mr. Steven D. Helm Mr. Lindsay Mickles Ms. Janet L. Nace Ms. Elinor Heller Mr. Edward W. & Mrs. Kay W. Jastrem Ms. Ada Kennedy Ms. Jiao Li The Magnolia Fund Mr. Doy L. McCall Raj Midha Mr. & Mrs. William T. Naftel Mrs. Barbara J. Henoch Manonitha Jayaweera Mr. George Kennedy Mr. James K. Lichtenstein Mr. & Mrs. James D. Mair Robert Mccarthy Stephen Miles Naperville District 203 Ms. Diane Henry The JDL Foundation Ms. Barbara J. Kerr Meghan Liel Mr. & Mrs. Michal Makar Mr. Thomas McDowell Charles Miller Ms. Laura Nasatir

52 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 53 Ms. Sharon J. Navratil & Gregg Perkin Sishir Reddy & Vidya Jhaver Ms. Susan Roudebush Steve Smart & Javier Barreto Ines Stuckert Frederick S. Upton Dr. Gene Wilhelm Mr. Thomas N. Vacar Foundation Edward L. & Emily G. Reed Susan Rouse Ms. Carol B. Smith Alice Sturm Jay Williams Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alec H. Neilly Slocumb H. Perry Mr. Richard D. Urell Mr. & Mrs. William S. Reed Ms. Megan J. Rowe & Dr. & Mr. Asha Subramanian & Mr. Robb Williams Mrs. & Mr. Connie Neish The Todd & Lydia Peter Mr. David J. Blank Catherine M. Smith M.D. Sanjay Patel Helena Van Dierendonck Charitable Fund Ms. Monique Regard Susan Slavik Williams Mr. & Mrs. Debasish & Suraja Mr. David B. Smith, Jr. & Mr. & Mrs. Barry R. Sullivan Van Itallie Foundation Inc. Lawrence Neubauer James Peters Michael & Tatiana Reiff Roychowdhury Ms. Ilene T. Weinreich Ms. Anne M. Wills Gene & Eydie Swanson Mr. George Varsam Ms. Jessica Nguyen Ms. Jeana L. Petersen Mr. Tom Reifsnyder & Mark & Beth Ruben Ms. Diane C. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Wilson Mrs. Lily T. Im Dr. & Mrs. Dr. Clifford & Lynn Venier Ms. Heidi Nitze Mr. Shaun Philippart Karen Greenberg & Mrs. Emily Smith & Mathew P. Swerdlow Anna E. Winand E. P. Repanshek Richard Rudman Mr. Agnus Smith Dr. Jay Venkatesan Marilyn Norfolk Mrs. Valerie O. Phillips Sylvia Taborelli The Wine House Gabriel Reyes Ms. Elizabeth Ruml Lesley Smith Mr. Alan R. Viani The Norman & Mr. & Mrs. Pickering Mary Takaichi Wineland-Thomson Sadie Lee Foundation Kathleen Rezendes Mr. & Mrs. Dr. Mark S. Smith & Ms. & Mr. Marcia J. Vigren Adventures, Inc. Dr. Judith Pickersgill Charles C. Rumsey Jr. Dr. Maxine R. Harris Mrs. Betty F. Talbert Sandy Northrop & Mr. Arthur Rice Mr. Goran Visnjic The Winfield Foundation David Lamb Louis B. Pieper Jr. Margaret Rust W. Kelly Smith Ms. Gretchen L. Tatsch Janette & Peter Rice The Vranos Family Ms. Josephine Winter Dr. Rafael E. Nunez & Ms. Mr. & Mrs. John B. Pierce Safari West Wildlife Preserve Mr. George A. Socher & Dr. Marianne L. Tauber Foundation Elizabeth S. Beringer Mrs. Susanne Richey Ms. Rebecca J. Gardner Nancy Corwith Ms. Linda K. Pierce David Sagara Bob C. Taylor Sally K. Wade Hamill Winter Dr. Donald & Mrs. Tessa Nuss Marie W. Ridder Sara Sokolowski Mr. James A. Poley Mrs. Christi Saltonstall Elizabeth H. Taylor Ms. Laurelia Walker Fran Wolf Mark & Vickie Nysether Dr. Beverly S. Ridgely Mr. Pratik B. Solanki Pollio Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David P. Tenberg May Yong & Scott Ward Joseph Wolf Mr. James Nystrom Ms. Robin C. Ried & William Sanderson Danny & Kerri Sonenshine Charitable Foundation Mr. Welling T. Pope Mr. Christopher H. Staudt Ms. Marion T. Ward Kristen M. & John L. Wolfe Mr. & Mrs. James G. Oates Mr. John M. Sardone Mr. & Mrs. Ygal P. Sonenshine Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Porter, Ph.D. Dr. Ida K. Rigby Steuart H. Thomsen Ms. Josephine Wardle Ms. Margaret Wood Ms. Peggy S. Oba Ms. Kate Sarott Ms. Colleen D. Sorensen Jacqueline & John Thomson Mr. & Mrs. James R. Warner Mr. David L. Worrell & Michael Obermann Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Savitzky Mr. Jeffrey M. Spatz Mrs. Julianne Worrell Ms. Laura Tiktinsky John W. Warner, IV Mr. Andreas Ohl & “I have been asked why I am leaving a gift to a Mr. Michael V. Scalzo St. Swithun’s School Foundation, Inc. Ms. Diana G. Wortham Mrs. Laurie O’Byrne Ms. Lisa M. Toensfeldt wildlife organization and not to an organization Toby Schaffer Tom & Cathy Staver Larry Wasserscheid Alan & Penny J. Wortman The J & L Oehrle Family Fund Ms. Suzanne Tokarsky Ms. Chris Schmid Mrs. Anne V. Steele Ms. Kym Watt Mr. & Mrs. Paul Wright Ms. Pamela A. Okano that helps people. But I would counter that by Dr. & Mrs. Irene & Jeffrey Schwall Karen Steingraber Stephen P. Tomasovic Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Weill Mrs. & Mr. Penelope Wright Pat OLeary saying that AWF is not just helping wildlife, but Ms. Polly Scott Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Steuer Mr. Michael A. Toner Penny & Carl Weissgerber Mr. Torsten A. Ms. Leslie O’Loughlin Wucherpfennig also helping people to live sustainably and in Ms. Roxanne Scott Frances W. Stevenson Helen Torelli Mrs. Martha K. Wells Mrs. Victoria Olson Mr. Mark Wurzel harmony with wildlife. It really is a win–win!” Mr. & Mrs. Mr. Chris Stewart Mr. William C. Tost Ms. Myra B. Whatley & Mr. & Mrs. Ronald K. Segerlind Mr. Russell K. Parsons Robert Wyer & Rashmi Adaval Steve R. Onderdonk Jack & Shelby Stifle Mr. Christopher D. Tower & Mr. Manuel D. Serpa Mr. Robert E. Celio Dr. Georgiana D. White Abigail Wynne-Wilson Ms. Jean Oppenheimer SANDRA C. ROSENCRANS Dr. Derek L. Stirewalt & AWF KILIMANJARO SOCIETY MEMBER Mr. Morris Shafter Dr. Elizabeth A. Phelan Ms. Caroline W. Treadwell Mr. Hugh D. White Sr. Andrea Yancey Kendra Ornellas Dr. AJ Shankar & Stokes Equipment Company Ms. Jeanie L. Treichel Ms. Rachel White Judith Yaskin Ms. Lida Orzeck Ms. Rebekah Sexton David B. Posner Garry Riggs Faith Stone Dr. Frederick R. Treyz Ph.D. Ms. Anne H. Widmark Lily Young Kathleen O’Shea Arnold Shapiro & Mr. Mark Post Henry M. Rines Karen MacKain Leila Maw Straus Dr. Aaron P. Turkewitz & Mr. & Mrs. Keith Wiggers Dr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Ziegler Noah Osnos Dr. Anna Di Rienzo David Potel Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence T. Ring Ms. Donna B. Shaver & Steven Straus Dr. & Mrs. Richard & Jean Zukin Ms. Janet P. Owen Mr. Preston Seu Dennis & Sue Umshler Kenneth H. Wildrick Mr. Sheldon Praiser Ms. Nancy A. Ritzenthaler & Susan Stribling Jan Owens-Martinez Mr. Albert L. Odmark Bryan & Sharoll Sheffield Mr. David J. Prend Nat P. Ozmon Cindy Roberts Ms. Judy Shillady Family Foundation Dr. Tony Hunter & Ms. Jennifer A. Price Mrs. Marilyn Robinson Ms. Judith M. Shinn Estate Giving Ms. Diane C. Pace Mitch Proctor Mr. Raymond Roccaforte Mr. Richard J. & Eliot W. Paine Mrs. Jill T. Sideman Mary Armstrong Diane Jamieson Howard Schessler, Jr. Claire Proffitt Ms. Joanne P. Rodriguez Scott & Marline Pallais, Duane Siders & Don Ballard Astrid B. Laborenz Lester P. Schinzing Adonai Foundation Fund at Randall & Teri Putnam Marjorie & Richard Rogalski Deborah Phillips Marcelyn Cremer Mildred A. Lillis Nancy Kay Skogland The San Diego Foundation Mr. Ronald Quake Mr. Michael D. Rose & Patience J. Simpson Ms. Barbara Parkening Mrs. Debbi Fields Joseph H. Deare William Alfred Maillet Arlene Smitko Mr. & Mrs. Gerald M Quiat Single Step Foundation Mr. Brainard W. Parker III Dr. Myron R. Rosenthal Virginia M. DeLoney Gloria Marino Jeanne St. Clair Dr. Michael A. Radkowsky Ms. Nicole Skerry Mr. Manish Patel Andrew & Lauren Rosolino Cynthia Larson Eckhardt Mary S. Misura Barbara Rogers Stinson Dr. & Dr. Sumithra Skinner Family Fund Ms. & Ms. Rajashekhar Mr. Mitch Rossi Iris M. Eddie Nancy Jane O’Rourke Mary Ann Sulenski Patricia A. Patterson Mrs. & Mr. Cynthia S. Skjodt Stacy A. Ransom Ms. Jessica D. Rostoker Estes Family Revocable Trust Gerald & Dorothy Petersen Lorraine C. Taylor Ms. Caroline Pech Animal Relief Fund Ms. Gloria J. Slagle The Robert P. Rotella Richard M. Fishbeck Neysa Pritkin Ward Family Trust Ms. Elizabeth F. Penfield Dr. Gordon R. Ray M.D. Foundation Cyn Slaughter & Kevin FitzGerald Barbara A. Hamlin Odette Cecile Rickert Alec Wilder Ms. Carol L. Penner Bayard Rea Ms. Debra Rothberg Mr. Jeffery C. Sliter Fairy (Bobbye) Heflin Mary Ellen Robinson

54 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 55 Kilimanjaro Society Henriette Morris Stuart Rosenburg, DVM James & Ruth Terrill Karen Weber Allen S. Moss Sandra Clungeon Rosencrans Mr. Walter Tingle & Matthew T. Weir Mrs. Thea Holmes Anonymous (191) Anne Cusic - Tracks/USA Beverly R. Grady, Ed.D. Deena & Steven Jones Ms. Phyllis F. Mount Frank J. Rus, Jr. Linda M. White Mark Travis Carla Alford Gail B. Dallmann & Beth Brock & Bob Greenawalt Bonnie Jupiter Beth Mowry Jacqueline S. Russell Mrs. Phyllis J. Whitney-Tabor Duane A. Swenson Ruth Elliot Turner Jeane Ann Allen Kari Grengs Sharon Kantanen Linda M. Moyer Lynne G. Russert Keith & Janice Wiggers Dianne C. Dana John H. Tyler Helen F. Anderson Heather & Paul Haaga Karen M. Kaplan Kelly A. Moylan Mr. Stuart T. Saunders, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Wildrick David & Betts Dann Dennis & Sue Umshler Marjorie A. Ariano Robert & Martha Hall P. Ann Kaupp Sherry H. Mullett Anne & Joel S. Schecter Dorothy Courtnage Wilson Toni M. Davison Stephen Urbrock Al & Susan Arias Michael & JoAnn Hamm Pauline E. Kayes Ms. Mary B. Napoli Betsy Schiff Mrs. Margaret Winston Nancy Davlantes Shelley Varga Jan Armstrong Susan M. Harding Mr. Dennis J. Keller Lester H. Nathan Denise Schlener Marge Wright Ms. Paula Dax Ms. Barbara von Hoffmann Carol Arnold & Romayne Adams Hardy Dr. Jeremy Kemp-Symonds Ronald K. & Victoria M. Neill Irene & Jeffrey Schwall R. Michael Wright Andrew J. Moore Jack & Janet Demmler Robert & Jean Walraven John & Melanie Harkness Hugh & Wendy Kendrick Vicki & James Nordskog Jacqueline Scott Susan E. Yager & Cynthia A. Arnold & Joyce Dobkins Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Berkowitz Peter O. Stahl Christine R. Harris Robert E. King Anne & John Norris Edward & Melynnique Christopher C. Warren Katie H. Doyle & Seabrook Donna Young Kathy & Rick Arnold Richard Cunningham Mrs. Mae B. Haynes Ken Kreinheder Sue Orloff Roxanne Warren Margaret Seneshen Steven Zeluck Larry & Kathryn Augustyniak Mr. Jeffrey A. Eiffler Ronald Helmeci Marcy & Jeffrey Krinsk Dr. & Mrs. Laura A. & Wayne J. Wathen Samuel M. Peacock, Jr. Margareta Shakerdge Gloria J. Austin Dr. B. B. Eshbaugh Gail & Leonard Hendricks Linda E. La Roche Cottington David Peckman & Barbara Babcock Peter Evans & Liz Dow Linda J. Hill Andrea R. Lapsley Michael Baffa Anahit Shaterian AWF MANAGEMENT TEAM Anne Baer Cheryl Lechtanski Jon & Analee Perica Marshall & Jane Sheldon Dr. Tom Ogilvie-Graham Kathleen Fitzgerald Marcia Balbus Drs. Hans & Ms. Barbara R. Perry Gloria A. Shidler Chief Executive Officer VP for Programs, We were overwhelmed by AWF’s approach to Judith Remy Leder East & Southern Africa John & Valerie Bance Mr. & Mrs. Frederick & Mary Lou Shirley Kaddu Sebunya Patricia C. Lee Joseph T. Pollock President Lindsay Hance Kosnik Stephanie Barko conservation. The idea of sitting down with Mr. & Mrs. Deborah B. Leiderman Myrna Barbara Pototsky Christopher L. Shoales VP for Development & Robert G. & Ann S. Barrett the communities that live there and starting a Jeff Chrisfield Marketing Cheryl & Kevin Leslie Paul & Karen Povey Craig R. Sholley Chief Operating Officer Mrs. D. G. Batch dialogue... that’s what the world needs, respect Tyrene Haralson Chalsa M. Loo, PH.D. Marilyn J. Preusse Leon & Fern Siegel Craig R. Sholley VP for Finance & C. Becktel Senior Vice President for the local people. They do not want to be told Mr. Alfred J. Lopena Kathy D. Preziosi Ken & Jacqueline Sirlin Administration Patrick J. Bergin, Ph.D. George Loukides & Claire B.M. Proffitt Bruce L. Smith Jef Dupain Brian McBrearity Mr. Robin Berkeley, OBE what to do. AWF is all about partnerships. I Sam M. Tomlin VP for Programs, VP for Management Systems Linda Prusik Ms. Deborah A. Smith Central & West Africa Christopher & came back so inspired!” Kirk P. Lovenbury Philip Muruthi Candace Bertelson Patrick J. Raftery Vivian C. Sontag Charly Facheux Malcolm & Trish Lund VP for Species Protection Lela Bishop Viswanath Rao & Marjorie A. Spence VP for Policy & Strategy MELANIE HARKNESS David Mason Katheryn Small Debbie & Michael Bloom AWF KILIMANJARO SOCIETY MEMBER Rita A. Stapulonis Teri K. Mauler Julie M. Reilly EDITORIAL STAFF Surya Bolom Lisa M. Stevens Margaret S. Maurin Nancy R. Richards Esq. James R. & V. A. Ewton Mary Lou Hill Nancy M. Stevens David Oñate Megan Berman Suzanne Meintzer Brock Captain & Mrs. Crystal A. Ricker Director, Marketing & Creative Print Marketing Associate Mitchell Field Dr. Sanford & Ann Hochman Earl E. Maxfield, Jr. Peter & Carol Stewart Elizabeth Dalney Brown Jennifer Ritman & Jacqueline Conciatore Denis Kimathi Sharon Edel Finzer Carroll Ann Hodges Steven & Ursula McAllister Andrew Brinkworth Mrs. & Mr. Shelby J. Stifle Jane Ann Brown Writer & Editorial Manager Graphic & Multimedia Lisa S. Firestone Jeffrey M. 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56 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 57 Years AWF has been leading conservation Number of bags and other items AWF’s + Canines for Conservation detection teams screen for contraband every day at Entebbe airport. in Africa. TRAFFICKING 700,000 56 ANTI- Prosecutorial officials who received MOUNTAIN GORILLAS AWF-sponsored training in sentencing rules and policies for poaching crimes. SPECIE S <600 1,000+ 825+ Population Today in 1980s TIO N

Views of AWF and WildAid’s 11.3 “Talking Rhino PSA”. MILLION (See page 10.)

19Babies named in Rwanda’s DEMAND REEDUC “Kwita Izina” baby-gorilla Number of visitors every day to the Beijing Zoo, who will now hear naming ceremony in 2017. and see messages about the importance of protecting African wildlife, 200,000 thanks to a partnership formed in early 2018. ELEPHANTS Impressions on social Drop in the belief Populations Killed in Manyara media for AWF’s Ivory % of rhino horn cures % supported by AWF Ranch protected Crush. (See page 9.) 67 cancer from that are stable or 20 area in northern 1.68 2014-2016. MILLION 78 increasing Tanzania in 2014-2016.

Killed by poachers in Manyara Ranch TAT Hectares of wild lands in Africa that are 0 in 2017. MILLION conserved or managed through AWF.

LAND & HABI 1.7

AWF BY THE NUMBERS THE BY AWF RHINOS

Rhino populations supported by AWF % Smallholder sugarcane farmers who received that are stable or AWF training in “climate smart” agriculture 100 increasing. practices in Kilombero, Tanzania. 700

LARGE CAR VNIVORES

OMMUNI TY % C of 223,000 89 Acres of land strategically Attendance rate of Classroom 7Large carniv9ore populations supported protected by Classroom Africa. Africa primary schools. by AWF stable or increasing.

58 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 59 FINANCIALS

Since AWF was founded nearly 60 years ago, we have been a responsible steward Summary of Activities for the year ended June 30, 2017 of your contributions in service to Africa’s wildlife and wild lands. Over the past three years, our financial stability allowed us to use a total of USD 5 million from OPERATING REVENUE UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL savings to address the urgent poaching crisis threatening Africa’s iconic species. Gifts from individuals 8,976,708 3,665,772 12,642,480 Corporate & foundation support 1,028,797 2,036,450 3,065,247 Public sector grants 8,600,341 - 8,600,341 Program income 1,255,063 13,928 1,268,991 Investment income utilized 3,791,749 37,450 3,829,199 Organizational Efficiency Restricted net assets utilized 5,897,728 (5,897,728) - Total Operating Revenue 29,550,386 (144,128) 29,406,258 Human Livelihoods $4,530,425 OPERATING EXPENSES CONSERVATION Conservation programs 18,142,341 - 18,142,341 % PROGRAMS $22,099,555 Education & outreach 3,957,214 - 3,957,214 85 Total program expenses 22,099,555 - 22,099,555 Fundraising 2,766,109 - 2,766,109 Public Education $2,677,439 Administration 1,050,769 - 1,050,769 Total supporting services 3,816,878 - 3,816,878 Total Operating Expenses 25,916,433 - 25,916,433 Land Conservation $6,523,619 Non-operating activities Advocacy $1,279,773 Net investment income 1,468,173 420,858 1,889,031 $ Payouts to operations (3,791,749) (37,450) (3,829,199) 25,916,433 Total Non-Operating Activities (2,323,576) 383,408 (1,940,168) Change in Net Assets 1,310,377 239,280 1,549,657 % FUNDRAISING 11 $2,766,109 Financial Position as of June 30 % ADMINISTRATION 2017 2016 4 $1,050,769 Cash and equivalents 7,316,437 4,398,637 Investments 26,715,727 25,916,070 Species Protection Gifts and grants receivable 6,006,440 8,235,846 $7,088,294 Partner advances & accounts receivable 697,352 598,977 Impact loans receivable 5,584,477 5,957,648 Property & equipment, net of depreciation 3,494,856 3,523,323 Revenue Breakout Invested Reserves Prepaid & other assets 859,988 1,163,012 Total Assets 50,675,277 49,793,513 43% MILLIONS Impact notes payable 6,250,000 6,250,000 Accounts payable & accrued expenses 1,670,707 2,291,555 % INDIVIDUAL 30 AWF utilized $5 million 13 GIVING from its savings over Refundable grant advances 954,860 972,026 INVESTED $12,642,480 the past three years to Other liabilities 244,634 274,513 INCOME $3,829,199 combat Africa's ongoing Total Liabilities 9,120,201 9,788,094 poaching crisis. 20 Unrestricted net assets 29,248,994 27,938,617 Restricted net assets 12,306,082 12,066,802 Total Net Assets 41,555,076 40,005,419 4% PROGRAM Total Liabilities & Net Assets 50,675,277 49,793,513 INCOME 10 $1,268,991 29% 11% PUBLIC CORPORATE & SECTOR FOUNDATIONS $8,600,341 $3,065,247 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

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