Wildlife and the ecosystems they inhabit are essential to our survival on Earth. Approximately 65% of Kenya’s wildlife lives outside government-protected areas.
In the NRT landscape, conservancies host a significant proportion of the national and global populations and provide vital range and landscape connectivity for 15 endangered and critically endangered species.
These conservancies are well-positioned to address wildlife threats such as habitat loss aggravated by climate change, poaching, human-wildlife conflict, and unplanned settlements, which cause rangeland degradation, destroying wildlife habitats, and cutting off critical wildlife corridors.
With improved community and wildlife safety, increased anti-poaching patrols and enhanced wildlife monitoring, poaching has declined, wildlife populations have grown and stabilised, and elephant range has expanded into previously insecure areas.
NRT’s community conservancy model not only promotes wildlife protection, but also the coexistence of wildlife and people, and the transformation of the lives of indigenous groups through community-based tourism.