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Expedition Diary - Congo Basin

Education for Nature

Judith Mashinya
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Conserving the Congo: Education for Nature

For almost 15 years, WWF’s Education for Nature (EFN) Program has been equipping conservation leaders with the training and practical experience to take on challenges in their home countries. Follow Judith Mashinya of WWF’s EFN Program as she travels through the Congo Basin to visit conservationists supported by WWF. Along the way, she travels across lagoons teeming with crocodiles and learns how to avoid a buffalo attack.

Mireille Feudjio is from Cameroon and works for the Information Center for Local Development. She is responsible for public awareness and research on natural resource conservation. She received an EFN grant to undertake GIS training in France.
© WWF/Judith Mashinya

Part 2: People Power

For conservation to succeed in the long term, it is essential that practitioners in the field are equipped with the skills and knowledge to effectively carry out their work. Unfortunately, all too frequently countries in the developing world lack sufficient human capacity for large-scale conservation. EFN supports education and training for promising conservationists working in priority places within Africa, Asia and Latin America. We provide funds for graduate scholarships and short-term training on a wide variety of topics such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing, watershed management, anti-poaching, and eco-guide skills.