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17–19 November 2026

National Conservancy Managers Conference

Kenya — venue to be confirmed

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13 August 2026

“Be like an elephant.” KWCA CEO Urges

25 July 2026

Exploring Biodiversity Offsets to Bridge the Biodiversity Finance Gap in Kenya

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Who we are

A national membership network for people and wildlife

Across Kenya, communities and landowners are leading a new era of conservation, conserving wildlife, restoring habitats, and improving lives through the power of conservancies.

The Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) is the national association that unites and supports community and private conservancies, helping people protect wildlife, manage their lands sustainably, and build resilient livelihoods.

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Herder watering cattle at a waterhole while elephants graze on the plains behind

Conservancies

Linking wildlife conservation with social & economic development

A conservancy is a community or privately-managed area where people choose to conserve and manage wildlife sustainably. Over the past 30 years, conservancies have become critical to Kenya’s wildlife conservation and national socio-economic development.

224

Private and community conservancy members registered with KWCA

10.8M

Hectares of land covered by conservancies covering 18% of Kenya’s landmass

1.3M

Households benefiting from conservancies through tourism, livestock

4,200+

Rangers employed by wildlife conservancies

4B KSH

Contribution by conservancies to Kenya’s national development

120M+

Tons of carbon offset

2024 Report

State of Conservancies in Kenya

Explore the data behind these numbers: where conservancies are, who they support, and what they need to thrive.

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Our Work

Building resilient conservancies

KWCA is the national voice for community and private conservancies. We strengthen the network through policy advocacy, institutional support, and strategic partnerships that keep conservation locally-owned, inclusive, and sustainable. Our strategy focuses on five priorities:

Strengthening landscape associations

Policy advocacy & land rights

Empowering communities & conservancies

Securing sustainable financing

Cover of the KWCA Strategic Plan 2024-2030

Looking forward

Our 2030 strategy

Our 2030 strategic plan focuses on restoring biodiversity by making conservancies more effective; organising them into landscape associations for joint planning; influencing national and county conservation policy; and bringing sustainability through strong partnerships and durable financing.

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Catalytic funding for locally-led conservation

KCF is a new small grants facility that supports conservancies to strengthen biodiversity conservation and venture into nature-based enterprises for their long-term sustainability.

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Our Network

Connecting communities and private conservancies across Kenya

Kenya’s community and private conservancies are distributed across 12 landscapes, in 28 counties, buffering national parks and reserves and providing more space for wildlife.

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