AFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC

We envision a world where Africa’s people and wildlife coexist and thrive in vibrant, healthy landscapes. African People & Wildlife’s team and programs recognize the deep linkages between people, wildlife, and the diverse ecosystems they call home. We work hand in hand with Indigenous communities and other partners to create a more balanced, sustainable, and resilient world—protecting and recovering critical species and habitats, spurring economic development, and empowering communities through collaborative solutions.

Our priorities include wildlife conservation and coexistence, natural resource stewardship, landscape restoration and connectivity, sustainable livelihoods, and strategic partnerships.

African People & Wildlife works hand in hand with communities and other dedicated partners to create a more balanced and sustainable world—inspiring collaborative solutions, protecting and recovering critical species and habitats, spurring economic development, and empowering local people. Our award-winning program officers, educators, scientists, and field team members—98% of whom are African—deeply engage with communities and continually seek new ways to strengthen our work through dynamic and mutually beneficial partnerships.

AND WE GET RESULTS.
Our innovative efforts on the ground drive effective, measurable, and lasting outcomes for people and the planet. Capitalizing on our core programmatic strengths and unrivaled community engagement expertise, we harness the immense possibilities of co-creation to realize our vision of a world where Africa’s people and wildlife coexist and thrive in vibrant, healthy landscapes.

Visit africanpeoplewildlife.org/impact-summary to read about our latest impact.

holistic, landscape-level approaches to conservation and community development. As one of the few female CEOs in East African conservation, she is also passionate about elevating rural women as environmental leaders and drivers of social change in their communities. Laly received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2005 in the disciplines of social ecology and wildlife ecology. She is a Fulbright Scholar, a National Geographic Explorer, an invited member of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority Research Advisory Committee, a distinguished alumna of the Yale Tropical Resources Institute, a recipient of the 2016 Lowell Thomas Award for Open Space Conservation, and a 2019 Women of Discovery Awardee.

African People & Wildlife’s co-founder and chief program officer, Charles Trout, has spent his life in and around the protected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Tanzania. He is the co-founder and chief program officer for African People & Wildlife. Charles brings his complex local knowledge, significant linguistic skills, and a lifetime of experience to the development and application of the organization’s unique programming. He specializes in East African wildlife conservation, working with rural communities, and managing a large, multicultural team.

African People & Wildlife’s staff is guided by the strategic direction, insight, and expertise of a Board of Directors. The organization’s International Advisory Council is comprised of distinguished leaders who share the best and latest ideas from diverse fields. African People & Wildlife’s Scientific Advisory Council consists of the best and brightest scientists in the fields of conservation and development. Council members help to establish our organizational priorities and strategies, offering counsel on the quality and relevance of the scientific information being collected and used by our team. They also consult with APW’s directors and others to ensure that the best and latest in scientific understanding is applied to the organization’s efforts to find the balance for communities and nature.

Since 2005, African People & Wildlife has achieved remarkable results across northern Tanzania, including:

• Recovering and stabilizing populations of key wildlife species, including the African lion and the fringe-eared
oryx

• Improved income retention, education, and employment opportunities in support of greater gender equality

• Increased evidence-based decision-making and knowledge sharing through conservation technology

• Greater tolerance toward human-wildlife coexistence, including in landscapes with previously high levels
of conflict

• Improved monitoring of critical grasslands and increased habitat protection efforts by communities