Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association

The Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association’s (MMWCA) mission is to conserve the greater Maasai Mara ecosystem through a network of community protected areas for the prosperity of biodiversity and wildlife, the regional Maasai population, recreation, tourism, and the nation of Kenya. Their core purpose is to enable strong and thriving conservancies across the Greater Mara Ecosystem.

The organization has identified nine goals to guide their work. These are centered on:

• Sustaining, Developing and Creating Conservancies and Conservation Areas
• Facilitating, Coordinating and Implementing Conservation and Social Development
• Advocating for a Better Conservancy Framework
• Fundraising and Promoting

12,800 members have been registered within the 14 conservancies supported by MMWCA, with a total of 106,000 conservancy beneficiaries within the landscape. The Mara conservancies are composed of 13 group conservancies and 1 community conservancy (Olderkesi), pooling land resources of 13,625 landowners (from 3,000 in 2015) in a contiguous landscape. The conservancies furthermore support 60-70% of local job opportunities, employing 258 rangers and injecting USD 464,500 annually through their salaries.

The Mara conservancies additionally directly paid Ksh 369 million in 2016 (up from Ksh 330 million in 2015) leasing fees to households (Figure 12). This forms a significant direct income to communities.

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