David Akana

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David Akana is the Program Manager for Mongabay’s Africa bureau. He holds advanced degrees in business, international relations, and mass communications.

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WWF’s top leader acknowledges reforms in wake of abuse allegations

David Akana 27 Jun 2025

In Cameroon, forest mapping app helps Baka protect biodiversity and way of life

David Akana, Yannick Kenné 25 Jun 2025

Marlyse in Lobéké National Park, south-east Cameroon. Image by Yannick Kenné for Mongabay.

From porter to conservation leader, the inspiring journey of Marlyse Bebeguewa in Cameroon

David Akana, Yannick Kenné 23 Jun 2025

Protesters bearing signs reading "Global North, pay up" and "Global South, hold the line" outside the plenary hall during COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan. Image by Kiara Worth/UN Climate Change via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/unfccc/54158868096/in/dateposted/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

African Development Bank chief calls for ‘green-rich’ continent to also be ‘cash-rich’

David Akana 14 Nov 2024

‘We are not asking for handouts,’ Rwandan President Kagame says at COP29

David Akana 13 Nov 2024

African leaders at COP29 demand funding without further debt

David Akana 12 Nov 2024

At COP29, US envoy upbeat despite looming climate policy changes

David Akana 11 Nov 2024

Woman carrying a solar pannel near Yangambi, DRC.

Africa needs COP29 funding & international finance reform to manage climate change (commentary)

David Akana 4 Nov 2024

Loxodonta africana cyclotis. Forest elephant bull Gamba, Gabon. Image by WWF / Hervé MORAND with courtesy.

WWF report offers glimmer of conservation hope — yet warns of a planet in peril

Anne Nzouankeu, David Akana 10 Oct 2024

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David Akana

About

WWF’s top leader acknowledges reforms in wake of abuse allegations

In Cameroon, forest mapping app helps Baka protect biodiversity and way of life

From porter to conservation leader, the inspiring journey of Marlyse Bebeguewa in Cameroon

COP29 ends in $300 billion deal, widespread dismay — and eyes toward COP30

Push for traceability of critical minerals gains traction at COP29

Young climate advocates against carbon markets at COP29

Growing fossil fuel presence at COP concerns many

African Development Bank chief calls for ‘green-rich’ continent to also be ‘cash-rich’

‘We are not asking for handouts,’ Rwandan President Kagame says at COP29

African leaders at COP29 demand funding without further debt

At COP29, US envoy upbeat despite looming climate policy changes

Africa needs COP29 funding & international finance reform to manage climate change (commentary)

WWF report offers glimmer of conservation hope — yet warns of a planet in peril

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.