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Championing Sustainable Use at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

Conservation / December 22, 2025

Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) proudly participated in the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, held in Abu Dhabi from 13–15 October. This global event brought together governments, NGOs, scientists, and conservation leaders to shape the future of biodiversity policy. Dr. Chris Comer attended in person, while Dries van Coller joined virtually, ensuring SCIF’s voice was heard …

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SCI Foundation Supports Sustainable Use Conservation on the World Stage

Conservation / December 22, 2025

Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) continues to represent SCI members and all hunter-conservationists in international wildlife policy fora. Fall 2025 was especially busy on this front. Following the African Wildlife Consultative Forum in Livingstone, Zambia, in September, SCI Foundation took our message in support of sustainable use to the World Conservation Congress hosted by the 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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Not The Last Laugh: Rare Hyena Spotted In Tajikistan

Conservation / July 1, 2020

[iframe src=”https://www.rferl.org/embed/player/0/29917243.html?type=video”] The striped hyena is classified as “Near Threatened” by the IUCN but listed on Tajikistan’s Red Book of endangered species with a declining population. This area represents the extreme outer range of the striped hyena in Central Asia. Hyenas are challenged by living close to areas of high human density and local pastoral communities …

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GIRAFFE POPULATIONS SHOW BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABLE USE OF WILDLIFE IN AFRICA

Conservation, Education, Humanitarian / July 1, 2020

Giraffe populations have increased in countries where sustainable use hunting is possible   The giraffe is among the most recognizable and iconic wildlife species of African savanna and woodland communities.  Due to a combination of factors—primarily loss of habitat due to human expansion and resource extraction, civil unrest in many of the range countries, poaching, and …

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