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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Sep 22

🦏 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

WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Sep 17

But farms, roads & settlements are blocking these natural highways. ❌
Protecting corridors is key to keeping ecosystems connected — for wildlife and communities. 🌍💚

Technology is giving us the map. Now it’s time for action.
#KAZA #Conservation #Elephants #Vultures

WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Sep 17

🔹 Elephants cross borders, from Binga 🇿🇼 into Botswana’s Chobe NP 🇧🇼 through Sijarira & Fuller Forests.
🔹 Vultures glide over hundreds of km, often tracing the same paths elephants walk.
🔹 Water is a lifeline, shaping every move.

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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Sep 17

🐘🦅 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 · Sep 15

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.

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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 · Sep 13

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!
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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 · Aug 8

🎣 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 · Aug 7

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 · Aug 6

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 · Aug 5

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 · Aug 4

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 · Aug 3

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 · Aug 2

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 · Aug 1

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

WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Jul 28

📣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

WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Jul 24

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

WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Jul 23

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 · Jul 21

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

WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Jul 20

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.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Jul 19

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:
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Jul 18

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.

WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Jul 17

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.
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WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Jul 16

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.

WWF in Africa @wwfafrica.bsky.social · Jul 15

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.