News from the Field

In theme with women’s month, our friend for March is Susan Mutua (Suzzi), the Africa Program Coordinator at the NGO Elephant...

Mr. Blamah Sando Goll, is The Technical Manager at Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA), the government body responsible for...

Meet Dr. Matt Luizza, our Friend of the Month for January 2024 Dr. Matt Luizza. Photo Credit: Trevor Jones/Southern Tanzania Elephant...

Colonel Major Rémi HEFOUME is a courageous wildlife conservationist in Benin. He was one of the key players in getting Benin to join the...

Our October Friend of the Month is Alex Chunga, the Principal Parks and Wildlife Officer at Malawi’s Department of National Parks and...

Our August Friend of the Month is Christy Phillimore who has been working with our partners the HALO Trust in Angola for the past decade....

Our Friend of the Month for July is Jaime Dias, a bush pilot flying a lonely and courageous journey for conservation in the skies of...

Burkina Faso has become the 23rd country to join the Elephant Protection Initiative. The EPI is a pan-African alliance of countries...

Our June Friend of the Month is Cléo Mashini Mwatha, the CEO of Juristrale, a non-governmental organisation from the Democratic Republic...

Our Friend of the Month for May is Dominique Gonçalves, who runs the Elephant Ecology Project in Gorongosa National Park, in Mozambique....

Our Friend of the Month for April is Hailu Zerfu from Ethiopia. Hailu is a human-wildlife conflict and coexistence expert at the...

Our Friend of the Month for March is an award winning wildlife filmmaker from the Republic of Congo, Vianet Djenguet. Vianet will be...

It’s an enormous pleasure to introduce a first ever Friend of the Month from Niger, which in December 2022 became the 22nd country to...

Our January Friend of the Month is Randall Dobayou, Deputy Executive Director of Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency, the...

Our Friend of the Month for December is Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the...

Our November Friend of the Month is Geoffrey Nacha, who has recently taken over as country director in Nigeria for Africa Nature...

Our friend of the month is Adams Cassinga, a pioneering conservationist in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Adams is the founder...

For September we’re delighted to introduce our first ever Ghanaian EPI Friend of the Month. Sheila Nana Akua Ashong is Deputy Director of...

Our Friend of the Month is Laila Johnson-Salami, a journalist from Nigeria who has made a series of films about environmental issues in...

Our Friend of the Month is Lona Gore, from South Sudan. Lona works for the Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism in Juba, where...