Africa

Record Breaking Attendance at the African Wildlife Consultative Forum

Conservation / November 26, 2024

SCI Foundation continues to raise the bar for sustainable use conservation in Africa with record-breaking African Wildlife Consultative Forum On November 1, the SCI Foundation concluded our 22nd annual African Wildlife Consultative Forum (AWCF) in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Hosted in partnership with the South Africa Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment, the 2024 AWCF featured a …

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Tackling Wildlife Conservation Issues in Africa

Conservation / September 26, 2024

SCI Foundation recently hosted a working meeting about elephant and rhinoceros management as part of our ongoing African Wildlife Consultative Forum (AWCF) activities. First held in 2002, the AWCF annually brings together critical stakeholders—government wildlife management authorities, hunting associations, community members, and researchers—to solve pressing issues in sustainable use conservation in Africa. As the AWCF mission …

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Delivering a Blue Bag Can Help Them Do Anything!

Humanitarian / July 23, 2024

By Paige Hill My earliest memories are filled with my dad’s passion for the outdoors, taking my siblings and me on adventures such as pheasant hunting on our relative’s farm in Colusa County, fishing tournaments in Mexico, and attending the annual SCI Convention. SCI has had a profound impact on our family, broadening our knowledge of …

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Significant Progress in Leopard Conservation Project

Conservation, Development / May 21, 2024

SCI Foundation’s supporters make it possible to amplify our important wildlife conservation, outdoor education, and humanitarian projects globally. Our recent efforts since October 2022 have involved data collection in Botswana, centered on the management of African leopards. The leopard is an iconic species of the African wilderness and an aspirational big five hunt for many international …

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AWCF Makes SCIF the Leader in Africa

Conservation / September 15, 2020

Safari Club International Foundation is excited to be hosting the 18th African Wildlife Consultative Forum (AWCF) this year in Botswana, celebrating the country’s recent community-based reform and reopening of tourist hunting. The AWCF has been SCIF’s flagship event in Africa for two decades, making us the leader on sustainable use conservation issues. The meeting occurs annually …

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SCIF Conservation Preparing Strategy for African Leopard Conservation

Conservation / July 1, 2020

  Despite ample evidence showing that legal, regulated hunting is an important economic and management component of wildlife conservation in Africa, we have recently seen increased pressure from North America and Europe to limit importation of hunting trophies.  These arguments are typically based primarily on emotion and false narratives about wildlife and its conservation.  Uncertainty about …

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