Animals play an important role in Africa's heritage and have for centuries: they represent cultural totems and they attract tourism, aiding in economic development. But not all is positive for the animals. The combined pressures of agricultural expansion, hunting, poaching, biomedical research {in the case of primates} and the animal trade have drastically reduced many of the animal species and endangered several that remain. To help ease the conflict between development and animal community patterns, Land Bridges Africa was formed to provide an interdisciplinary approach to resolving coexistence issues. The goal is multifold: conservation, preservation, and discovery. We work with several groups and individuals, nonprofit, who have distinguished themselves as committed to conservation, preservation and who are able to work with the broader picture of coexistence, its issues and its possible interventions that can prevent unnecessary animal deaths.
