African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), female, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), females, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), females, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), females with baby, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), females with young, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), female with baby, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), female with baby, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), female with baby, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), female with young, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), giving a shit, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) met by tourists, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

African spoonbill and African sacret ibis, Saadani national park, Tanzania

African spoonbill (Platalea alba), Saadani national park, Tanzania

African Wattled Lapwing (Vanillas senegallus), Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

After sunset in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Baobab, Saadani national park, Tanzania

Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), Masai Mara, Kenya

Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster), Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis), Virunga national park, DRC

Cattle grazed Savanna from air, Masai Mara, Kenya

Chumbe Island Coral Park from air, Tanzania

Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Coconut crab (Birgus latro), blueish version, Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Coconut crab (Birgus latro), reddish version, Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Common Eland (Tragelaphus oryx), Masai Mara, Kenya

East coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania

Egrets and heron colony at river bank, Saadani national park, Tanzania

Elephant skall, Masai Mara. Kenya

Entrance to the Virunga National Park, DRC

Entrance to the Virunga National Park, DRC

flowering "wild apple" tree, Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Forest at the border of the Virunga National Park, DRC

Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), Masai Mara, Kenya

Fossile corals, Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Fossile Giant clam, Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Great egret (Casmerodius albus), Saadani national park, Tanzaniat

Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Hermit crab, Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Hypo and Yellow-billed storks, Saadani national park, Tanzania

Hypos and Yellow-billed storks, Saadani national park, Tanzania

ICCN Rangers are securing the future of the mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Kori Bustard (Ardeotis arabs), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus), Saadani national park, Tanzania

Little egret (Egretta gazetta), Saadani national park, Tanzaniat

Local people at water hole in the surrounding of the Virunga national park, DRC

Mangrove kingfisher (Halcyon senegaloides) , Saadani national park, Tanzania

Mangroves, Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Mangroves, Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Mangroves, Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Map of mountain gorilla families, Virunga national park, DRC

Masai cattle herding, Masai Mara, Kenya

Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Masai guiding tourist in community owned conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya

Masai in their conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya

Masai Mara conservancy at Eagle View, Kenya

Mountain gorilla habitat at the slope of volcano mountain, Virunga national park, DRC

Mountain gorilla habitat at the slope of volcano mountain, Virunga national park, DRC

Old-fashioned way of transport in the surrounding of the Virunga national park, DRC

On the way back from the mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

On the way to the mountain gorillas in Virunga national park, DRC

On the way to the mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

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Poverty in the surrounding of the Virunga national park, DRC

Preparing for visiting mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

Productive agriculte in te surrounding of the Virunga national park, DRC

Red colobus monkey (Procolobus kirkii), Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Red colobus monkey (Procolobus kirkii), Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Red colobus monkey (Procolobus kirkii), Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Red colobus monkey (Procolobus kirkii), Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

River bank, Saadani national park, Tanzania

Saadani national park, Tanzania

Saadani national park, Tanzania

Savanna with river bed, Masai Mara, Kenya

Shit marks the way to the mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

Sisyphus beetle rolling a ca 10cm Ø dung ball, Masai Mara, Kenya

Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti), Masai Mara, Kenya

Sunset over the river, Saadani national park, Tanzania

Terrestrial crab, Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

Thomsons's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) male, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Thomsons's Gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) male, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Topis (Damascus lunatus) fighting, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Tourism experiencing wildlife in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Tourists in the mangroves, Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Tourists in the tropical forest of the Jozani Chwaka-Bay national park, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Visiting mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

Visiting mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

Visiting mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

Visiting mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

Visiting mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

Visiting mountain gorillas, Virunga national park, DRC

Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) bathing, Masai Mara Ntional Reserve, Kenya

Warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus), Masai Mara Ntional Reserve, Kenya

Whistling Thorn (Vachellia drepanolobium), Masai Mara, Kenya

White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus), Saadani national park, Tanzania

Yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus), Saadani national park, Tanzania

Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), Saadani national park, Tanzania

Yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis), Saadani national park, Tanzania

Yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis), Saadani national park, Tanzania

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalise), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Yellow-winged Bat (Lavia frons), lighthouse, Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania (June 5, 2016)

Zebras in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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

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