ACCF’s work is built on two interconnected pillars – Community and Conservation – supported by cross-cutting themes that strengthen impact across every landscape. Together, they align people, ecosystems, and sustainable finance to deliver lasting conservation outcomes.
By placing people at the heart of conservation we, and our project partners, ensure communities benefit directly, equitably and sustainably.
Building conservation awareness, skills, and leadership among young people through programmes that connect environmental stewardship with long-term opportunity and local ownership.
Supporting diversified, conservation-linked livelihoods that reduce pressure on natural resources while strengthening household resilience through enterprise development, vocational training, and sustainable economic opportunities.
Improving access to essential services, including healthcare, water, sanitation, and infrastructure, strengthening wellbeing and building the social foundations required for effective, long-term conservation.
Strengthening African leadership across conservation landscapes through training, mentorship, and institutional support, ensuring local organisations and communities drive long-term conservation success.
Supporting communities to adapt to climate change through nature-based solutions, sustainable land-use practices, and resilience planning that protects both livelihoods and ecosystems.
Our projects partners protect, restore and connect Africa’s most important ecosystems through integrated, landscape-scale conservation. Here are examples of their field projects.
Supporting science-led interventions to stabilise and recover priority species and ecological processes, ensuring long-term ecosystem health and resilience across diverse conservation landscapes.
Strengthening frontline protection through well-trained, well-equipped ranger teams supported by intelligence-led systems, prioritising ranger welfare, professionalism, and operational effectiveness.
Restoring degraded ecosystems while maintaining large, connected landscapes that support wildlife movement, ecological function, and community co-benefits across protected and adjacent lands.
Enabling shared learning, joint planning, and coordinated management across ACCF landscapes to strengthen governance, improve effectiveness, and scale conservation impact.
These themes strengthen and connect our work across every landscape, enhancing impact, scalability, and long-term sustainability.
Embedding science, data, and technology at the core of conservation to enable evidence-based decision-making, adaptive management, and measurable impact across all ACCF-supported landscapes.
Building diversified, resilient funding models that sustain conservation landscapes through tourism, investment, and partnerships, ensuring long-term financial independence and scalability.
Strengthening the role of women and girls in conservation and community development through education, leadership pathways, and economic opportunity as a critical driver of long-term impact.