The long-term objective of the Trust is to initiate, support and ensure the continuation of key elephant research projects across the African continent. The web site provides an overview of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project and Cynthia Moss's research.

A group of technical experts focusing on the conservation and management of African elephants. The broad aim of the AfESG is to promote the long-term conservation of Africa's elephants and, where possible, the recovery of their population to viable levels. Sites include African Elephant Database, and pages for the Human-Elephant Conflict Working Group, Pachyderm (Journal of the African Elephant, African Rhino and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups), Review of African Elephant Conservation Priorities.

Network of specialists in conservation, research and management of free-roaming African lion populations. Includes notes on conservation, ecology, behavior, research projects and news.

The IUCN Species Survival Commission Canid Specialist Group's African Wild Dog Status Survey and Action Plan (1997). It includes chapters on genetic perspectives; the status and distribution of remaining populations; causes of population decline; the role of captive breeding; research and monitoring; and country action plans for wild dog conservation.

A U.S. based conservation organisation, with offices in 8 African countries. Four programs:
Heartlands (conservation of African landscapes of exceptional wildlife and natural value);
Conservation Service Centers (offer expertise in community economic development, wildlife ecology and land-use planning);
Critical Species Projects (research on endangered species);
Conservation Fellowship (provides educational and financial assistance to Africans pursuing postgraduate degrees in conservation-related subjects).

Biology, ecology, habitat, and status of rare, threatened and endangered species of mammals and information on their native countries: biodiversity, ecosystems, population, and land use.

A consortium of conservation organizations and scientists dedicated to the conservation of wildlife populations threatened by commercial hunting of wildlife for sale as meat. The site contains a bushmeat research archive, containing bibliographical listings of peer-reviewed publications, media pieces, project reports, and other publications for documents regarding or related to the bushmeat issue.

USA organisation campaigning against hunting great apes for bushmeat. Includes an extensive bushmeat bibliography.

Supports people and institutions engaged in Community-Based Natural Resource Management initiatives at national, district and local levels. COMPASS has five main goals: i) building Malawian capacity to administer CBNRM initiatives ii) establishing efficient liasion & information exchange among CBNRM programs in the region iii)
improving community mobilization skills iv) supporting policy and legislative reform that improve village-level resource management and v)providing small grants to CBNRM practitioners and promoters. A partner directory is given, along with information on work plan progress and grant disbursement, success stories, reference material, upcoming and previous training opportunities, and best practices and model sites.

CBNRM information database. Enables CBNRM practitioners and policy-makers to exchange experiences, manage relevant knowledge, and support learning across countries, sectors, cultures, and languages, and in this way achieve better results. The context for these changes includes increased emphasis on culture, local institutions, traditional knowledge, participation and participatory approaches, and NGOs and civil society, within an overall nation-state framework characterized by increasing weight on decentralization, governance and transparency.

Conservation International (CI) aims to preserve threatened ecosystems in over 30 countries across four continents. CI initiatives focus on biodiversity hotspots, major tropical wilderness areas, key marine areas, and select major wetlands. These areas are rich in biodiversity but severely threatened by human activities. CI works closely with local people in biodiversity-rich areas to develop alternatives to destructive land-use practices, and to educate communities, businesses, and government leaders about the need to protect their natural resources. CI also builds upon its successes to influence the way governments and corporations make decisions.

In 1996, TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa initiated an 18-month review of the African trade in wildlife medicinals, with the aim of identifying species most in need of conservation, management and/or research attention. The review also entailed collecting information about trade patterns, markets, source areas, and impacts of harvest in 17 countries. This page provides an overview of the resulting report, “Searching for a Cure: Conservation of Medicinal Wildlife Resources in East and Southern Africa", by Nina Marshall, published in September 1998. The report identifies 102 medicinal plant species and 29 animal species as priorities for conservation and management action.

The CBD is a global, comprehensive agreement addressing all aspects of biological diversity: genetic resources, species, and ecosystems. Primary site for information, implementation, reports, documents and links.

CITES is an international treaty drawn up in 1973 to protect wildlife against over-exploitation, and to prevent international trade from threatening species with extinction. Web site includes text of the convention, publications, research programs, databases of CITES-listed flora and fauna.

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as CMS or the Bonn Convention) aims to conserve terrestrial, marine and avian migratory species throughout their range. It is one of a small number of intergovernmental treaties concerned with the conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitats on a global scale.

A very brief description of the Tanzanian component of "Reducing Biodiversity loss at selected crossborder sites in East Africa", a GEF project. The project aims to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss at four cross-border sites of global significance in East Africa. Primary project activities include faciltitating communities and district development agencies to work together with forestry, wildlife, and environmental agencies in promoting sustainable resource use. The project also works to balance resource demand and supply through the encouragement of resource management plans and alternative economic activities. The project functions at both national and district levels. Links are given to the GEF, Tanzanian Association of Foresters, FAO, World Wide Fund for Nature etc.

EMOA incorporates elephant owners and managers and other interested persons into a single association that promotes, monitors and advises on all aspects of elephant management, conservation and welfare. Membership of EMOA provides the opportunity to become part of a network between elephant owners, scientists, specialists and conservation bodies. Members are given the opportunity to participate in workshops and are kept updated by newsletters and meetings aimed at enhancing broader knowledge and awareness of elephant issues. Members are also encouraged to play an active role and have input into policies, strategies and legislation concerning elephant conservation and welfare.

Overview of German technical assistance (GTZ) to the wildlife sector in Tanzania. Conservation of natural resources and protection of the environment and biodiversity are priorities of German development policy. The aims are to secure the biological diversity in important wildlife ecosystems, in particular Selous, Saadani, Katavi-Rukwa and Kagera; benefits are yielded for the local communities and the nation on a sustainable basis; and communities countrywide manage and conserve natural resources on their land.

Review and analysis of the trade and industry dynamics for market-based conservation. Link to a document (in PDF format) by James MacGregor, December 2002.

Khwai is a small village of approximately 400 people from the Babukakhwae or "river bushmen" ethnic group, located just outside Moremi Game Reserve in Northern Botswana. The community run their own community-based tourism and hunting project.

The emphasis of the programme is placed on identified research needs in order to facilitate the management of community-based conservation programmes in Maputaland in an appropriate manner, so as to sustainably manage the use of species in communal rural areas and inside conservation areas in Maputaland. The key research question is: How can the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of resources in Maputaland be integrated with community development activities to the long-term benefit of both?

This paper, written by Brian Jones in 1998, examines the development and implementation of a policy to promote the sustainable management of wildlife and wild habitats by rural communities occupying communal land in Namibia. The policy on community-based natural resource management resulted in legislation, which enables local communities to form wildlife and tourism management institutions called "conservancies". The paper examines the potential for conservancies to serve as institutional models for the management of other resources and argues that further policy development needs to focus on strengthening the links between conservancies and other proposed community-based natural resource management institutions. The paper also concludes that secure and exclusive group land tenure is another important area of policy focus crucial for the success of CBNRM in Namibia.

A public forum for information and communication concerning natural resources (minerals, energy, water, etc) and their interface with the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainable development.

Research, education, grassroots conservation, monitoring and protection of African elephant populations. Includes details of projects, news, maps, links, comments on CITES.

The mission of the College is to provide protected area managers from Southern Africa with the motivation and relevant skills to manage their areas and associated wildlife populations sustainable and in co-operation with local communities.