28/03/2026
[🇺🇸A Name That Carries Our Journey Forward — Welcome to NAWT ]:
Every organization has a story. Ours began years ago, under the name ATRAkouda, with long walks through wild landscapes, the thrill of discovery, and a small group of people who believed that nature in Tunisia deserved more than admiration — it deserved protection. But as our fieldwork deepened across Saharan and pre-Saharan landscapes— surveying the southern foothills of the Atlas Mountains, traversing ancient plateau systems, observing nocturnal activity of species such as the fennec fox around our camps, documenting the decline of the last remaining Acacia raddiana stands, and engaging with local communities holding long-standing ecological knowledge, a clear realization emerged: our work had grown beyond its original scope. What started as trekking became wildlife monitoring, then scientific research, habitat restoration, predator studies, community-led conservation, and eventually a movement that crosses borders. Last year, we quietly changed our legal name. And this month, we finally bring that new name out into the big, wide world. Yes — we’ve had a little makeover. And NAWT is the next evolution of who we are. Today, our team is more diverse than ever before: researchers, ecologists, rangers, photographers, veterinarians, educators, community facilitators… Each bringing skills that expand and deepen the impact of our work. We rescued animals and released them back into their land. We tracked predators. We trained young people. We upgraded our tools, our science, and our dreams. We built bonds with communities that became family. We followed the traces left by wildlife — and discovered our own. And so, ATRAkouda no longer represented the organization we had become. Today, with pride and emotion, we introduce our new name: NAWT — North African Wild Traces. This name carries our footsteps, our field scars, our hopes, and all the invisible traces left by the species we fight for. It reflects our reality:
• More research, deeper science
• Modern equipment and structured expeditions
• Cross-border conservation efforts
• Local communities at the heart of everything we do
• A team that is more diverse and skilled than ever before
• A mission that embraces all of North Africa’s biodiversity
NAWT is not a rebranding. It is a recognition of who we have become. It is also a promise — to the land, to the wildlife, to our children, and to everyone who believes that North Africa’s natural heritage still has a future.
North African Wild Traces - Because every trace left in the wild is a reminder of what we still have to protect.
[ اسم جديد يحمل حكايتنا ويكمّل بيها للقدّام 🇹🇳]
كل جمعية عندها حكاية. حكايتنا بدات من سنين تحت اسم ATRAkouda، بمشيّات طويلة في الطبيعة، بحب الاكتشاف، وبمجموعة صغيرة من الناس اللي كانوا يؤمنوا اللي الطبيعة في تونس تستحق أكثر من الإعجاب — تستحق الحماية.
أما مع الوقت، ومع خدمتنا الميدانية اللي توسعت في مناطق الصحراء وما قبل الصحراء — بين سفوح الأطلس، والهضاب القديمة، ومتابعة الحيوانات الليلية كيما الفنك، وتوثيق تراجع شجر الطلح (Acacia raddiana)، وخدمة قريبة مع المجتمعات المحلية ومعرفتهم بالبيئة — وصلنا لحقيقة واضحة:
خدمتنا كبرت وولات تتعدّى اللي كانت تمثّلو في الأول.
اللي بدا كرحلات ولى متابعة للحيوانات، وبعدها أبحاث علمية، ترميم للبيئة، دراسة المفترسات، وخدمة مع المجتمعات… حتى ولى حركة تتعدى الحدود.
العام اللي فات بدّلنا اسمنا القانوني في هدوء.
واليوم، نعلنو عليه رسميًا.
ATRAkouda ولات NAWT — North African Wild Traces.
موش كان اسم جديد.
هو اعتراف برحلتنا — ووعد للي جاي.
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