Laikipia Conservancies Association

with inclusive participation. We believe that with access to information and opportunities to participate, women and youth will shape conservation approaches that reflect their needs, priorities and lived experiences. #InclusiveConservation #HumanWildlifeConflict

The GEF-8 Global Wildlife Program in partnership with @KWCAKenya ,@ConservationOrg , and @WildlifeKe_ recognizes that effective human-wildlife conflict management must go hand in hand ,

This is exercise as we did in Laikipia’s implementation sites, mapped the groups, documented their activities and began identifying opportunities to strengthen their engagement in livelihood and conservation initiatives.

Last week under the GEF-8 Global Wildlife Program Kenya project we are implementing in Laikipia and Meru Counties, we completed the assessment exercise for women and youth groups in Kiengu, Kandebene and Nchoroiboro in Meru County.

Who benefits from conservation? Where are they, and do they have a meaningful opportunity to participate in the decisions that shape conservation priorities, resource use and the future of their communities and land?

with plans to expand monitoring to additional sites in Mayianat, identified as important wildlife movement routes and areas of frequent wildlife sightings. The long-term goal is to continuously introduce rangers to emerging technologies in wildlife data collection.

In partnership with the @WRTIKenya and the @Wyss_for_Nature ,we trained rangers from the two conservancies in camera trap setup, deployment and monitoring.The initial deployment focuses on the wildlife corridor connecting the two conservancies,

Camera traps are helping us build a clearer picture of wildlife movement across the Lolldaiga Conservancy – Mayianat Community Conservancy corridor, strengthening the evidence base for conservation across the two conservancies and the Laikipia landscape as a whole.

informed by both community rights and ecological priorities. #laikipiaconservancies #rhinoconservation

concerning rhino range expansion. Most importantly, working with conservancies and communities is central to sustainable rhino conservation. By supporting an informed, inclusive and participatory process, we are together laying the groundwork for rhino recovery,

in the next phase of inter-conservancy strategic planning, which will explore a potential site for a joint rhino sanctuary. These engagements are an important step in shaping how communities receive information, consider the implications and participate in decisions,

he committees reviewed the draft, shared feedback and raised additional considerations to be incorporated as the document is finalized. We also held an introductory meeting with Shulmai Conservancy and the KRRE team to discuss Shulmai’s proposed inclusion,

We engaged all nine Community Lands Management Committees across Naibung’a Lower, Naibung’a Central and Naibung’a Upper Conservancies, alongside the @kenyarhinorange team, to validate the draft Free, Prior and Informed Consent FPIC protocol.

Happy Mashujaa Day!

This meeting was particularly relevant as Taita Taveta County is currently developing a Wildlife Policy and Bill. Partnerships continue to play a vital role in advancing conservation #laikipiaconservancies #peerlearning

and positioning conservation as a viable land-use model. We also shared on our role in the development of Laikipia County’s Wildlife Conservation and Management Policy , the spatial plan and our ongoing work on participatory land-use planning.

can work with County Governments to create an enabling environment for conservation. The discussions focused on partnerships in developing conservation legislation, our Working Group with the County Government of Laikipia as a platform for engagement,

We hosted a team from the County Assembly of Taita Taveta and the County Executive, Taita Taveta Wildlife Conservancies Association and Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association , for a learning engagement on how landscape associations and conservancies

one of Kenya’s most important dryland forest ecosystems and a critical wildlife corridor connecting the landscapes of Laikipia, Isiolo, and Samburu. We thank member conservancies for turning out in their numbers to take part in the 5th edition of the Mukogodo Walk.#walkwild2026

efforts to secure wildlife corridors and strengthened partnerships for this key natural resource. We congratulate Ilmamusi Mukogodo Forest Association for organizing a successful event that rallied all of us around one shared goal - conservation of Mukogodo Forest,