Events
KWCA at CBD CoP17
KWCA joins the seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, carrying the case for community-led conservation into the global biodiversity negotiations.
September 22, 2026
The Community Led Conservation Conference brings together communities, conservation practitioners, policymakers and researchers to advance community-led conservation in Kenya and beyond.
The programme puts local people at the centre as the primary decision-makers and leaders in conservation, drawing on nearly two decades of practical experience and showcasing real-world examples of what community leadership has changed on the ground.
For Kenya’s conservancy movement this is a natural home: conservancies are the practical expression of communities and landowners taking the lead. Registration and the full programme are on the conference website.
KWCA joins the seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, carrying the case for community-led conservation into the global biodiversity negotiations.
Conservancy managers from across Kenya meet to share practice, review the state of the network and set priorities for the year ahead.
KWCA attended the IUCN World Conservation Congress for the first time as a member, with four staff contributing to 12 panels on community-led conservation.
