conservation

Events & Conservation

Saving the African Wild Dog: Kenya’s Rarest Predator and What’s Being Done

The African wild dog is Africa's most endangered large carnivore, with fewer than 6,000 individuals remaining continent-wide. In Kenya, a handful of populations survive in private conservancies. This is why they matter…

Events & Conservation

Community-Based Conservancies in Northern Kenya: Tourism That Gives Back

Northern Kenya's community conservancies — areas managed by local communities as wildlife habitat — represent a different model of conservation from government-run parks. Here is how they work and why they matter.

Events & Conservation

Ol Pejeta Conservancy: Africa’s Largest Black Rhino Sanctuary Explained

Ol Pejeta holds more black rhinos than anywhere else in Africa — including the world's last two northern white rhinos. Here is what makes this 90,000-acre conservancy extraordinary and how to visit.

Events & Conservation

The Maasai and Wildlife: A Partnership That Protects Both

The Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania have coexisted with wildlife for centuries. Today, community conservancies managed by Maasai landowners are proving more effective at protecting wildlife than government reserves.

Events & Conservation

Rhino Conservation in Kenya: How Ecotourism Is Saving a Species

Kenya's black rhino population has grown from under 400 in the 1980s to over 900 today. Ecotourism revenue is central to that recovery. Here is how the model works and why it…