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East African Wildlife Society

East African Wildlife Society
AbbreviationEAWLS
PredecessorKenyan Wildlife Society
Tanzanian Wildlife Society
Formation1956
TypeNonprofit organization
PurposeWildlife conservation
HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya
Location
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
Locations
  • Uganda
Region served
East Africa
Services
  • Conservation membership
  • Professional partnership
  • Political engagement
Main organ
SWARA magazine
Publication
African Journal of Ecology
Websiteeawildlife.org/index.php Edit this at Wikidata

The East African Wildlife Society (EAWLS) is a membership-based non-governmental conservation organization. It was "Established in 1956 through a merger of the Kenyan and Tanzanian wildlife societies and wildlife enthusiasts from Uganda".[1] EAWLS has its main office in Nairobi, Kenya but also has contact details in Uganda. Its operations take place at relevant locations across East Africa. Individual members gain benefits from supporting wildlife conservation across East Africa, as well as access to the Society's magazine SWARA which reports on conservation activities across the region.[2] The cost of individual membership is adjusted according to the country of membership, corporate membership is also available.[3]

Mission

The mission of the Society is to promote the conservation and wise use of the environment, especially in the context of wildlife conservation, by advocating for rational policies and appropriate resource management regimes, in conjunction with promoting best practice and good governance. This means that the Society works with government representatives, local stakeholders, other NGOs and academic researchers on cases at relevant locations across the countries it covers. Examples are given in the activities section below.

Activities

The East African Wildlife Society works in partnership with other organisations, both in the region in East Africa and further afield.[a] EAWLS works with other organisations in East Africa that have common aims, for example, with the Kenya Wildlife Service, in seeking to maintain national parks and the wildlife within them.[4]

Wildlife conservation includes marine protected areas, where EAWLS supported Coastal Oceans Research and Development Indian Ocean (CORDIO),[5] the Wildlife Conservation Society[6] and the Nature Conservancy[7] in the development of managed marine areas in Kenyan territorial waters.[8]

EAWLS worked with local stakeholders to change marine protected areas from being centrally-managed at government level to being locally-managed tengefus (tengefu :Swahili to separate) along with the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW) and external researchers in order to demonstrate the benefits of these changes. [9]

Another example from Kenya involved collaboration between the Kenyan government, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF),[b][10] as well as EAWLS, the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE),[11] and researchers from the National Museums of Kenya and the universities of Antwerp, Ghent and Helsinki.[12]

EAWLS worked with the Tanzanian Natural Resources Forum[13] in reporting on the trade in forest products between Kenya and Tanzania in order to support the FAO Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Support Programme[c] for African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries.[14]

EAWLS works with organisations outside East Africa to make environmental issues in the region more visible. For example, the head of Drusillas Wildlife Park[15] in East Sussex, England, travelled to Kenya in order to learn about the activities of EAWLS so as to be able to discuss them with children visiting his wildlife park.[16]

Publications

EAWLS publishes two publications. SWARA is a wildlife conservation magazine.[2] The African Journal of Ecology is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on topics relevant to the Society.[17] Both are based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Notes

  1. ^ Link to partners on EAWLS website did not function when tested 16 February 2026.
  2. ^ An international investor in biodiversity projects.
  3. ^ Sic. As referred to in the following publication. Do not edit to American English.

References

  1. ^ "The East African Wildlife Society". EAWLS - EAWLS. East African Wildlife Society. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b "SWARA: the Voice of Conservation in East Africa". Home - SWARA Magazine. East African Wildlife Society. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Register Here". EAWLS Members Portal. East African Wildlife Society. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  4. ^ Holden, Constance (7 October 2005). "Kenya National Park Transfer Under Fire". Science News. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  5. ^ "CORDIO". CORDIOEA - Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean. CORDIOEA. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Wildlife Conservation Society". Saving Wildlife and Wild Places - WCS.org. The Wildlife Conservation Society. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  7. ^ "The Nature Conservancy". The Nature Conservancy: A World Where People and Nature Thrive. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  8. ^ Kawaka, Joan A.; Samoilys, Melita A.; Murunga, Michael; Church, Julie; Abunge, Carolyne; Maina, George Waweru (2017). "Developing locally managed marine areas: Lessons learnt from Kenya". Ocean & Coastal Management. 135: 1–10. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.10.013.
  9. ^ Mahajan, Shauna L.; Daw, Tim (2016). "Perceptions of ecosystem services and benefits to human well-being from community-based marine protected areas in Kenya". Marine Policy. 74: 108–119. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2016.09.005.
  10. ^ "Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund". CEPF: Protecting biodiversity by empowering people. CEPF. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  11. ^ "icipie - The TROpical Insect Science Research Institute". Home: icipie - International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology. ICIPIE. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  12. ^ Githiru, Mwangi; Lens, Luc; Adriaensen, Frank; Mwang'Ombe, James; Matthysen, Erik (2011). "Using science to guide conservation: From landscape modelling to increased connectivity in the Taita Hills, SE Kenya". Journal for Nature Conservation. 19 (5): 263–268. doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2011.03.002.
  13. ^ "Tanzania Natural Resource Forum". Jumioko la Maliasili Tanazania. TNRF. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  14. ^ Schaafsma, Marije; Burgess, Neil D.; Swetnam, Ruth D.; Ngaga, Yonika M.; Kerry Turner, R.; Treue, Thorsten (2014). "Market Signals of Unsustainable and Inequitable Forest Extraction: Assessing the Value of Illegal Timber Trade in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania". World Development. 62: 155–168. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.05.011.
  15. ^ "Drusillas Park". Best Zoo in South East and Sussex. Drusillas Wildlife Park. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  16. ^ Morton, Katy (27 November 2008). "Animal education from Sussex to Kenya". Nursery World.
  17. ^ "African Journal of Ecology". African Journal of Ecology: Ecology Journal: Wiley Online Library. John Wiley and Sons. Retrieved 18 February 2026.


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