Welcome to the Honeyguide Foundation website

The Honeyguide Foundation (HGF) is a grass roots, non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Tanzania dedicated to support communities and the conservation of wildlife and natural resources through long-term community partnerships. The African Honeyguide is a bird that actively guides humans (and honey badgers) to beehives; we chose it as our symbol as it is a beautiful example of the symbiotic relationship between humans and wildlife and of successful partnerships in general.

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Sustainable Business Event

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Event theme: Business resilience, sustainability and the rapidly changing environment. Tourism, Agriculture and Mining being held at the Mt. Meru Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania, December 15th& 16th 2011.

Africa has an enormous potential of natural resources to provide for the people of Africa.  However to afford this for present and future generations, it will require a . . . → Read More: Sustainable Business Event

Training for Enduimet Game Scouts

VGS lined up for the graduation day

VGS lined up for the graduation day

The Enduimet Village game scouts graduated after one month of intensive training that included firearms use and safety, first aid, discipline, wildlife law and more. For one month over 60 village game scouts training from 5am until sometimes 10pm in Tingatinga. The training was partly of . . . → Read More: Training for Enduimet Game Scouts

Serengeti Road Shelved

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The Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism have announced that the proposed tarmac road through the Serengeti National Park will not be developed. A tarmac road will be constructed from Makutano to Mugumu. The stretch from Mugumu to the park boundary and through the park, past Ololosokwan to Loliondo town will remain gravel. From Loliondo town through Natron to . . . → Read More: Serengeti Road Shelved

Honeyguide present at conference

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Honeyguide present at the 2011 International joint meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation & Africa Section of the Society for Conservation Biology. The Importance of Tourism to Community Conservation was the topic that was presented by Damian Bell in the group that addressed  Community-based conservation and development; What is working and Why. This . . . → Read More: Honeyguide present at conference

Wildlife populations under threat in Masai Mara

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The BBC have reported that the populations of wildlife species in the world-renowned Masai Mara reserve in Kenya have crashed in the past three decades, according to research published in the Journal of Zoology.

Numbers of impala, warthog, giraffe, topi and Coke’s hartebeest have declined by over 70%, say scientists.

Even fewer survive beyond . . . → Read More: Wildlife populations under threat in Masai Mara

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