The framework presented here provides an objective and transparent way of analyzing and documenting how decisions are made. It also outlines how an inclusive decision making process can incorporate the…

A significant challenge in conservation is the quantification of threats, conservation effort, and the impact of conservation interventions.  Conservation staffs of protected areas working to protect wildlife and their habitats…

The presentation summarizes selected findings from a USAID/FCMC study, conducted in 2013, of four forest carbon projects in three eastern African countries that combine carbon credits with community and biodiversity…

ABCG members, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Conservation International (CI), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) held a workshop in Nairobi, Kenya from July 15-17, 2014 for African conservation, health and development…

Dr. Maisels covered the following topics: Current Elephant poaching crisis Ancient elephant distribution and elimination from much of the Old World Elephant role in the modern ecosystem Elephant/ megafauna past…

The Open Parks Network (OPN) is a visionary suite of tools that uses cyberinfrastructure to unite the highly diverse community of parks and protected areas managers with highly distributed parks-related…

WildLeaks, the first secure and anonymous platform for wildlife crime whistleblowers: the results after the 3-month pilot phase Although it's now clear that wildlife and forest trafficking has far reaching national…

The efforts of conservation organizations are crucial in preserving fragile environments and animal species in Africa. Increasingly these environments are coming under pressure from rising populations and human activity and…

Rural villages in East Africa are swept up in a storm of change.   They face familiar unsolved long term issues, but now in a social and economic environment full of…

The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is a public-private partnership that seeks to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for…