African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Lake Nakuru National Park

African Buffalo (Syncerus Caffer), Masai Mara

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

African Bush Elephants (Loxodonta africana), Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

African Bush Elephants (Loxodonta africana), Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

African Bush Elephants (Loxodonta africana), Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

African Elephant herd, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

African elephants (Loxodonta Africana), Luangwa Valley, Zambia

African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus Vocifer), Lake Naivasha

African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

African souvenirs at a street North of Windhoek, Namibia

African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus Senegallus), Masai Mara

Amboseli National Park, sunset, Kenya

Amboseli National Park with Mount Kilimanjaro in background, Kenya, October 2013

Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Birdlife at Lake Nakuru

Birdlife at Lake Nakuru

Birdlife in Kenya

Birdlife in Kenya

Black-Backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), Masai Mara

Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Black-winged Stilt /Himantopus himantopus), Elementaita lake, Kenya

Black-winged Stilt /Himantopus himantopus), Elementaita lake, Kenya

Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradisea), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Borderline Botswana / Namibia from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Borderline Botswana / Namibia from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Botswana from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Botswana from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Botswana from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Botswana from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Botswana from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Botswana from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Botswana from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Botswana from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Botswana from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii), Springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis) and Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii), Springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis) and Ostrichs (Struthio camelus) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Burchell's Zebras (Equus quagga burchellii) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Cattle in Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

Cattle in Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus), males sitting at road side, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus), Masai Mara

Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus), Masai Mara

Cheetahs (Acinonyx Jubatus) got a wilderbeest, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya

Cheetahs (Acinonyx Jubatus) got a wilderbeest, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya

Cheetahs (Acinonyx Jubatus) got a wilderbeest, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya

Cheetahs in the shade, Kenya

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Cliff Chat (Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris) female, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Coke's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus Barbatus), Lake Naivasha

Common Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula), Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

Crab-plover (Dromas ardeola), Lamu, Kenya

Crab-plover (Dromas ardeola), Lamu, Kenya

Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus Ellipsiprymnus), Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), Masai Mara, Kenya

Double-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus africanus), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Elementaita Lake, Kenya, Nature

Elephant (Loxodonta africana) , Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Elephant mouth, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Elephants (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Elephants (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Elephants (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Elephants (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Elephants (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Elephants (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole, Krüger National Park, South Africa

Entrance of the Krüger National Park, South Africa

Entrance to Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Entrance to Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Entrance to private nature conservancy Erongo Mountain, Namibia

Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Etoscha pan on the horizon, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

European roller (Coracias garrulus), Krüger National Park, South Africa

Female Lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Female Lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Female Lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Female Lion with cubs (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) and Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) at waterhole, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis), Krüger National Park, South Africa

Golden Silk Orb-weaver (genus Nephila) Krüger National Park, South Africa

Grant's Gazelle, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Grant's Gazelle (right) beside Thompson's Gazelle(left), Ambosei National Park, Kenya

Grant's Zebra (Equus quagga boehmi), ASmboseli National Park, Kenya

Grant's zebra (Equus quagga boehmi), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) and Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) Elementaita Lake, Kenya

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) and other wetland birds, Elementaita Lake, Kenya

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), Elementaita Lake, Kenya

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Elementaita Lake, Kenya

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Elementaita Lake, Kenya

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum), Masai Mara

Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash), Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash), Nairobi, Kenya

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), Nairobi National Park, Kenya

Hippo (Hippopotamus Amphibius) in the river, Zambia

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Lake Navasha, Kenya

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Lake Navasha, Kenya

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Lake Navasha, Kenya

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Hippoptamus (Hipppotamus Amphibius), Lake Naivasha

Hippos (Hippopotamus Amphibius) in the water, Zambia

Impala, Aepyceros melampus, female "clan" in Acacia forest, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

impala (Aepyceros melampus), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Impressive Tree and Landscape of the Western part of the Krüger National Park, South Africa

Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya

Kittlitz’s Plover (Charadrius pecuarius), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Landscape east of Windhoek, Namibia, from air

Landscape east of Windhoek, Namibia, from air

Landscape east of Windhoek, Namibia, from air

Landscape east of Windhoek, Namibia, from air

Landscape east of Windhoek, Namibia, from air

Landscape east of Windhoek, Namibia, from air

Landscape of the Western part of the Krüger National Park, South Africa

Landscape of the Western part of the Krüger National Park, South Africa

Leopard (Panthera pardus), Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Leopard (Panthera pardus), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Leopard (Panthera pardus), mother and child, Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Leopard (Panthera pardus) watched by tourists, Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis), Lamu, Kenya

Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Lilac Breasted Roller Bird (Coracias caudata), Zambia

Lodge within Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Long-Tailed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Africanus), Lake Naivasha

Madagascar Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus), Lamu, Kenya

Male Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Krüger National Park, South Africa

Male Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Krüger National Park, South Africa

Male Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Krüger National Park, South Africa

Male Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Krüger National Park, South Africa

Male Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Krüger National Park, South Africa

Male Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Krüger National Park, South Africa

Male Lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Male Lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Male Lion (Panthera leo) with buffalo, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Male Lion (Panthera leo) with buffalo, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Masai Mara game reserve, Kenya

Masai Mara, Kenya

Masai Mara, Kenya

Masai Mara Reserve, tourist observe wildlife from hot air baloon, Kenya

Nairobi National Park, Kenya

Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Namibia landscape from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Namibia landscape from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Namibia landscape from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Namibia landscape from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Namibian landscape from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Namibian landscape from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Namibian landscape from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Namibian landscape from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Namibian landscape from air, flight Johannesburg - Windhoek, February 2015

Nature Conservancy North of Windhoek, Namibia

Nests of Social Weavers (Philetairus socius), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Nests of Social Weavers (Philetairus socius), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Nests of Social Weavers (Philetairus socius), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Nairobi National Park, Kenya

Northern Black Korhaan (Eupodotis afroides), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus), Lamu, Kenya

Observation hide, Krüger National Park, South Africa

Old elephant eating after cleaned grass from dust, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Ostrich (Struthio Camelus), Kenya

Park Shop at the entrance of the Krüger National Park, South Africa

Plantlife at Lake Nakuru

Private nature conservancy Erongo Mountain, Namibia

Private nature conservancy Erongo Mountain, Namibia

Purple Grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster), Elementaita Lake, Kenya,

Queen of the night (Selenicereus grandiflorus), Private nature conservancy Eronga Mountain, Namibia

Rainbow Agama (Agama agama), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on Impala, Krüger National Park, South Africa

Red-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus afer), Masai Mara reserve, Kenya

Remnants of Chad Lake, Chad, February 2015

Rifts in Rift Valley, North of Masai Mara, Kenya

Rift Valley, North of Masai Mara, Kenya

River bed, Western part of the Krüger National Park, South Africa

River, Western part of the Krüger National Park, South Africa

River, Western part of the Krüger National Park, South Africa

River, Western part of the Krüger National Park, South Africa

Rules, Western part of the Krüger National Park, South Africa

Saddle-billed stalk (Ephippiorhynchus Senegalensis), Zambia

Salt plain near Etosch pan, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) Elementaita Lake, Kenya

Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), Mabamba Bay Wetland, Victoria Lake, Uganda

Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), Mabamba Bay Wetland, Victoria Lake, Uganda

Silk tree, Albizia julibrissin

Social Weaver (Philetairus socius), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), Krüger National Park, South Africa

Southern Oryx (Oryx gazella), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Southern Oryx (Oryx gazelle) and Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Southern Oryx (Oryx gazelle) and Springboks, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Krüger National Park, South Africa

Souvenirs at the entrance of Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta), Masai Mara

Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis) blocking the road in Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis) blocking the road in Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis), Etoscha National Park, Namibia

Sunset over Masai Mara, Kenya

Sunset over Nairobi, Kenya

Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus), Lake Naivasha

Swamp in Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

Swamp in between semi-arid land of Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

Swamp in between semi-arid land of Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

Swamp in between semi-arid land of Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

Swamp in between semi-arid land of Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

Swamp with Rhino in Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

Terek Sandpipers (Xenus cinereus) and Curlew Sanpipers, Lamu, Kenya

Termites hill, Etoscha National Park, Namibia

The African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Krüger National Park, South Africa

The Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)

Thompsons Gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) , Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Thompsons Gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Thompsons Gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) fighting, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Thompsons Gazelles (in foreground) and Ostriches (background), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris),, Krüger National Park, South Africa

Topi (Damaliscus lunatus), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Topi (Damaliscus lunatus), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Tourist information about wildlife sightings of the day, Krüger National Park, South Africa

Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venusta), Elementaita Lake, Kenya

Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus), Kenya

Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus Pygerythrus) in Zambia

Waterbuck (Kobus Ellipsiprymnus) in Zambia

White-breasted Comorans (Phalacrocorax carbo), Lake Navasha, Kenya

White-Breasted Comorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus), Lake Naivasha

White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Krüger National Park, South Africa

White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), private nature conservancy, South Africa

White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), private nature conservancy, South Africa

Wildlife at Lake Nakuru

Wildlife at Lake Nakuru

Wildlife at Lake Nakuru

Wildlife at Lake Nakuru

Wildlife at Lake Nakuru

Wildlife at Lake Nakuru

Wildlife in Kenya

Wildlife in Zambia

Wildlife in Zambia

Wildlife in Zambia

Wildlife in Zambia

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareolis), Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus), female, Ambolesi National Park, Kenya

Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius), Nakuru National Partk, Kenya

Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius), Nakuru National Partk, Kenya

Limpopo River Basin

The project will produce an Atlas of the Limpopo River Basin’s Changing Environment, with a particular focus on drought and floods

Completed

The Mami Wata Project

The Mami Wata project applies and develops capacity on Integrated Ocean Management in countries of the African Atlantic coast.

In progress Coastal Habitats

Transboundary Governance

Strong governance of marine and terrestrial systems results in a healthy and productive natural environment.

In progress Transboundary Governance

Lake Victoria Basin: Atlas of our Changing Environment

Supporting a population of 40 million, the Lake Basin provides a variety of economic and development opportunities.

15 Mar 2017 Environment Atlas

Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Africa

Large-scale land investment is not a new phenomenon in Africa, but the speed and scale at which it is occurring today makes it one of the...

04 Jul 2013 Monograph