On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly declared March 3rd – the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973 – as UN World Wildlife Day (WWD) to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. This WWD […]
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The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Hadja Lahbib (center), visited APOPO Angola from the 31st of January to the 2nd of February. APOPO Angola Program Manager, Manuel Agostinho (right) was invited by the Belgium Ambassador in Angola, Mr. Jozef Smets, to attend a reception dinner for the Minister in which several diplomatic and public entities attended. Mine Action was one of the prioritised
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In January 2023, APOPO hosted a visit from the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA) APOPO’s operations in Zimbabwe. PM/WRA is APOPO’s largest donor in Zimbabwe, and with COVID 19 concerns finally largely resolved, it was an honor to host them on site. APOPO Zimbabwe
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Preparations and plans began falling in place in late December for the APOPO Dog accreditation, which is an annual requirement for all animal detection systems working in Cambodia. The first task involved flying four Technical Survey Dogs (TSD) from Bosnia Herzegovina to Cambodia, which proved to be a logistical challenge. The TSD had to be
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From December 16-18, APOPO hosted a Synytropic Agroforestry Training course in Morogoro, at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). The course was delivered in both English and Swahili to over 50 participants. As part of APOPO’s HeroTREEs program, APOPO partnered with Roland van Reenen, a permaculture and Syntropic Farming expert, who delivered APOPO’s first training almost
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A quarter of a century ago today, the Mine Ban Treaty, forbidding anti-personnel landmines, (also known as the Ottawa Treaty) was drafted and offered to all nations for signing. Today, the treaty has 164 signatories, representing 80% of the world’s governments, making it one of the world’s most widely accepted international agreements. No new countries
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Between November 18-26, the Cambodia program hosted a visit from APOPO CEO, Christophe Cox, from operational headquarters in Tanzania and a senior team from the Marketing department. The visit included the visiting all field sites including landmine detection rat clearance operations, the cluster munition survey dog operations and the dog training center. It also included
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We’re excited to share some news! APOPO has been evaluated by Charity Navigator, the world’s largest and most trusted nonprofit evaluator, and earned a Four-Star Rating! This is the highest possible rating on Charity Navigator! Charity Navigator’s third-party accreditation validates our organization’s operational excellence. A four-star rating is given to organizations who score a 90
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Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC) and APOPO sign a new agreement for 2023. APOPO’s recently appointed Cambodia Program Manager, Michael Raine and CMAC Director-General, H.E. Heng Ratana, signed a new agreement for the continuation of APOPO’s animal detection teams working in cooperation with CMAC operations in Cambodia in 2023. This event took place in the
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