The Nature Conservancy in Africa

Rivers The Zambezi River is home to iconic African wildlife. Learn why the Conservancy is working to provide benefits for people and nature in this area.		You can help protect Africa when you join The Nature Conservancy. Learn more about The Nature Conservancy's Africa Program in our brochure (pdf, 352KB). Get Involved – Tell Us Your Story Where does your passion and desire for helping our planet come from? We want to hear why you became an environmentalist! Send no more than 150 words to yourstory@tnc.org.

Oceans With huge stretches of coral reefs, mangrove forests, estuaries and island archipelagos, the West Indian Ocean supports a wide diversity of life.

Forests Nearly half the world’s original forest cover has vanished. Read how we're working to save the highland forests of Kenya and Tanzania.

Grasslands and Savannas

From the acacia-studded savannas of Kenya to the lush flooded grasslands of Tanzania and Zambia, this dynamic landscape still harbors an abundance of large mammals found nowhere else on Earth.

Deserts

Namibia’s Kunene region represents one of the last true wildernesses in Africa.

Partners

The Conservancy joins our technical expertise and financial resources with the established presence of local partners in Africa.

Images (top to bottom, left to right): Photos © Anand Mishra/TNC (Deserts of Namibia); © Anand Mishra/TNC (TNC employees plant trees with the Green Belt Movement); © Brian Richter/TNC (Elephants in the Zambezi River); © Matt Brown/TNC (Turtle in the West Indian Ocean); © Henner Frankenfeld/Redux Pictures (Member of a local Masai community at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya); Photo © Sanjayan/TNC (Cheetahs in Zambia); © Kenneth K. Coe (Stretching lion in the Serengeti); © Sanjayan/TNC (TNC Staff with African Wildlife Foundation in Africa's Rift Valley, Kenya).