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Official Bluesky account for WWF in Africa 🐼🦏🐘🦍🐟🦁🐯🐢 Building a future in which people live in harmony with nature🌲🌳🌱🍀

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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Are you a Tanzanian leader aged 21–30 with a proven track record of creating positive change in your community? Are you a member of an Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) group? Apply for the 2027 WWF-Amano Fellows Programme. Learn more: lnkd.in/dN4S5tUq
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Passion for what you love sounds the same in every language. Today, as we celebrate with the World Champs, #LaRoja, we're also rooting for something that outlasts the final whistle: the future of the world's forests. Forests deserve that same energy, and that same collective voice. #TeamForest
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
El Niño is a naturally occurring climate pattern that warms the tropical Pacific Ocean and shifts weather systems around the globe. It can bring droughts, floods, heatwaves and disrupted seasons. But in a warming world, those impacts can become even more severe. Watch the video below to learn more.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Nature protects us more than we often realise. 🌍 This #WorldZoonosesDay, diseases like rabies, Ebola, mpox and avian influenza remind us that the health of people, animals and nature is connected. Protect nature. Protect people. Protect our shared future. #OneHealth
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Egypt, we remain proud of you! What a game! You showed grit, strength and determination. Fans don't abandon their team when times are tough. Let’s not abandon our home either. Are you game enough to play for #TeamForest? panda.org/teamforest
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Yaoundé came alive for #EarthHour 2026. 🌍 Hundreds of students, teachers, partners & authorities marched with WWF Cameroon on a Nature Walk for the Planet, quizzes, songs, tree planting and action for nature. This is what one hour looks like. 🇨🇲 #EarthHourAfrica #AfricaSpeaks #WWFCameroon
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Maputo moved for the planet on #EarthHour 2026. 🚴🥊💃🌍 Bike rides. Hikes. Capoeira. Zumba. All on Avenida 10 de Novembro with WWF Mozambique, because caring for the Earth should feel this good. 🇲🇿 #EarthHourAfrica #EarthHourMozambique
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
4 days to go. For two decades, Earth Hour has inspired people around the world to act for nature. Across Africa, communities are preparing to give their hour back to the planet. Plant a tree. Clean your neighbourhood. Protect wildlife. Every action counts. Every hour matters.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
8 days to go. Africa is rich in nature and culture. Protecting it starts with one action. How will you give your hour for Earth? 🌱 Plant 🌍 Restore ♻️ Reduce waste
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
#BestOfWWFAfrica2025 WWF’s work in East Africa to restore one of the Indian Ocean’s most biodiverse marine regions was recognised as a UN World Restoration Flagship. This highlights what’s possible when ocean restoration is community-led, science-based and scaled for impact.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🦏 Meet the remarkable rhinos of @wwfsouthafrica’s Black Rhino Range Expansion Project. Sixtoe 🎶 named after a folk-rock legend Tower 💃 famous for his bouncy “dance” Yvette 💦 loves a good swim 400+ are thriving in new homes! #WorldRhinoDay Read more here: www.wwf.org.za/rhinostories
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🐘🦅 Wildlife on the move in KAZA! In Zimbabwe’s Hwange-Sebungwe, WWF & partners are tracking 24 elephants + 3 vultures with collars & tags to protect vital corridors. Here’s what we’ve found ⬇️
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Did you know Gabon gets about 2,000 hours of sunshine every year? ☀️ Enough to power change! At our WWF office in Gamba, Gabon, we’ve gone solar, installing 20 panels, lithium batteries, and backup systems to keep the lights on, even during grid cuts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nigb...
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Cool & Solar project: installation des panneaux solaires à Gamba
Philippe DENRUYTER, Manager Applied Energy Solutions au WWF International, s’est rendu au Gabon pour superviser l’installation de panneaux solaires au Bureau WWF de Gamba, dans le cadre du projet…
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Last year, we deployed camera traps in a forest in Congo. Guess what we found? Beyond elephants, we identified chimpanzees, duikers, monitor lizards, and a range of bird species. Check out the video for more! youtu.be/EJxde45VY3o?...
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SUIVI ECOLOGIQUE DES ESPECES AU PARC NATIONAL NTOKOU PIKOUNDA
Au Parc National Ntokou Pikounda (PNNP) Christian Ndzai est responsable du suivi écologique des espèces. Grâce aux caméras piège qu'il place dans la forêt, l'équipe Biomonitoring peut identifier les…
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🎣 Of the 3,320 freshwater fish species assessed in Africa: 714 are threatened 169 Critically Endangered 243 Endangered However, 558 species are so poorly known they’re classified as Data Deficient That’s 16% higher than the global average. Learn more: africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Think your fish tank is just for décor? Think again. Freshwater aquariums can lower stress, improve sleep & even reduce blood pressure. However, unregulated wild capture poses a threat to rare species, including. 1,500 from Africa. Trade must work for nature: africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Africa leads the world in freshwater fish consumption per person. 🎣 On average, each person on the continent eats 2.56kg of freshwater fish a year, the highest per capita rate globally. This reflects the central role freshwater fish play in feeding families and supporting livelihoods.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Salonga National Park, Africa’s largest tropical rainforest park and part of the vast Congo Basin, harbours more than 150 fish species in its rivers, swamps, and peat bogs. But destructive practices like fishing with toxins are threatening this balance.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Kapenta. Matemba. Omena. Usipa. Dagaa. In Tanzania alone, freshwater dagaa fisheries generate over US$127 million in export value and contribute 1.1% to GDP. Fast-growing and fast-reproducing, they bounce back quickly, making them a more sustainable source of protein.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
These 12 countries lead the continent in wild freshwater fish production, sustaining millions with food, income and nutrition. From Lake Victoria to the Congo River, these waters are lifelines, but they need urgent protection to stay that way. Learn more: africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
At least 85% of Tanzania’s fish production comes from freshwater. Yet these ecosystems remain overlooked and dangerously underprotected. If we want Tanzania’s inland fisheries to keep delivering for people and nature, we need to start valuing them like the lifelines they are.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
This fish can breathe on land and bite your finger! The African lungfish is a prehistoric predator that’s been around for 380 million years. In drought, it burrows into the mud, wraps itself in a slime cocoon, and waits out the dry season for up to 3 years.http://africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
📣New analysis: Years of research by scientists on plastics and health, brought together in an analysis by WWF and the University of Birmingham, reveals that plastics are not just harming nature, but people too. 📥 Download the full report 🔗 panda.org/plastictreaty
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Across Africa, killifish lay their eggs in mud. During droughts, the eggs pause development and lie dormant. In the Zambezi, scientists have even linked declines in killifish to falling elephant populations. Discover more in our new report: africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Did you know there are fish below the Victoria Falls? Beneath the world’s largest curtain of falling water, fish have adapted to fast, turbulent gorge waters, including fierce predators like the African tigerfish. Learn more africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Spanning over 4 million km², the Congo River Basin is the second-largest river basin on Earth (after the Amazon) and one of the most biodiverse, with over 1,200 freshwater fish species, 75% of which are found nowhere else. Learn more: africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Africa holds over 1.3 million km² of freshwater, supporting an extraordinary diversity of freshwater fish species found nowhere else on Earth. It’s time to put freshwater at the heart of conservation and development. africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Africa’s freshwater fishes are in crisis, but there’s a plan. The Emergency Recovery Plan for Freshwater Biodiversity offers a science-based, practical roadmap to reverse the decline. Learn more: wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/ww...
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Pour AMCEN 20, cette décennie décisive exige des leaders qui se tiennent aux côtés des communautés, investissent dans la nature et fassent entendre la voix de l’Afrique sur la scène mondiale.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
In the seasonal pools of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, the African turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) is already an adult by 3 weeks; it grows up, mates, and dies in just two to three months. It’s the shortest-lived vertebrate on Earth. Learn more: wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/ww...
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Have you heard of Africa’s elephantfishes (Mormyridae), which use electrical pulses to communicate with others about sex, size, predators and prey? Africa is home to so many wonderful fish, and we must protect them. Learn more: africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Meet these fish: 🍼 Neolamprologus pulcher (daffodil cichlid) carries its young in its mouth and sometimes skips breeding to help raise relatives' babies. 🎭 Nimbochromis livingstonii (Livingston’s cichlid) fakes its own death to lure prey, then snaps to life and eats them.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Uganda is the world’s 6th largest inland fish producer, catching over 445,000 tonnes of freshwater fish yearly. And it’s not alone! 12 of the top 25 inland fish-producing countries globally are in Africa. That’s nearly 30% of the global catch, feeding millions and fuelling economies.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Over 3 billion kilograms of freshwater fish are caught across Africa every year, that is nearly 30% of the global inland fish catch. To picture it: that’s like filling 60,000 school buses with fish yearly! 🚌🐟 Read more: africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Fun fact: New fish species are being discovered in Africa annually, including 28 in 2024 alone! But many are disappearing before they’re even named; threatened by pollution, overextraction, invasive species, and habitat loss. Learn more in our report: africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
#DYK Africa’s rivers, lakes and wetlands are home to more than 3,320 freshwater fish species. Learn more: africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Out now: WWF’s new report sounds the alarm for Africa’s freshwater fishes and their ecosystems. Africa’s Forgotten Fishes reveals that 26% of assessed freshwater fish species on the continent are threatened with extinction. Download the report: africa.panda.org
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
For the first time in over 20 years, three African wild dogs have been spotted in Tanzania’s Liparamba Forest, part of the Ruvuma Landscape that spans southern Tanzania into northern Mozambique. This sighting signals the success of ongoing protection and anti-poaching efforts.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Less than 1% of the world’s cocoa comes from Tanzania, but those small quantities are doing mighty work. Grown sustainably under forest shade, Tanzanian cocoa helps protect forests, support farmers, and preserve biodiversity.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Plastic pollution threatens our climate, poisons our ecosystems, and disrupts millions of lives. Countries are working toward a global plastic pollution treaty to end plastic pollution for good. Here's everything WWF is calling for in the treaty: lnkd.in/dWNb6ySy
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Busted!! This leopard’s face says it all - surprised by a camera trap in Dzanga-Sangha. These moments, captured without intrusion, are gold for conservation. They help us map where wildlife lives and what it needs to thrive. Caught off guard - but still wild and free.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
In 2024, Lake Kariba, the largest man-made lake in the world, experienced critically low water levels, causing severe electricity shortages in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Find out more about the impacts of the #StateOfClimate in Africa by clicking here: wmo.int/publication-...
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
In 2024, heavy rainfall and floods devastated multiple locations across Africa, causing widespread fatalities, displacement, and infrastructure damage. Click here for more: wmo.int/publication-...
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Sea-surface temperatures across Africa in 2024 reached record highs. Find out more about the #StateOfClimate in Africa by clicking here: wmo.int/publication-...
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
In 2024, Africa experienced one of its warmest years since records began over 120 years ago. Click here for the #StateOfClimate in Africa 2024 report: bit.ly/3ZgJ3Wr
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
In her first Africa Day message as WWF’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Lisa Karanja reflects on the powerful connection between people and nature, and why putting women at the heart of conservation is key to a thriving future. africa.panda.org?53762/An-Afr...
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
How do you align a 100-plus country, thousands of staff, and a 64-year legacy to halt and reverse biodiversity loss while transforming food systems, climate resilience, and finance? Our Chief Conservation Officer, Daudi Sumba, unpacks this and more 👇 youtu.be/5HH8KOvn--A?...
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From Africa to the World: Leading WWF’s Global Conservation Mission | Daudi Sumba
How do you lead one of the world’s most influential conservation organisations through a period of profound ecological crisis and systemic change?In this epi...
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Congo Basin has lost over 352,000 km² of forest cover between 1990–2020 and could lose more by 2050 if current land use trends continue. Read more👉 africa.panda.org/resources/ne... #CongoBasin #Deforestation #ClimateAction
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
🐆 Cheetahs need vast ranges to hunt, but climate change has reduced their habitat by 91%. Rising temperatures have forced them to hunt at night, altering their behaviour. Without action, their population could decline, disrupting the entire ecosystem. 📢 Spread awareness. #TheHerds
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