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For the Love of Wildlife
Bibiana Matunda is one of four women among 22 rangers at Lumo Conservancy, and her motorbike skills have transformed how the team responds to poaching in the Tsavo landscape.
November 11, 2024
Bibiana Matunda is one of four women among 22 rangers at Lumo Conservancy, and her motorbike skills have transformed how the team responds to poaching in the Tsavo landscape.
Mr Olbucket shares his 80-acre plot in Pardamat with elephants and zebra. Four years of drought have tested that coexistence, and the adaptation he is making largely on his own.
The Senate has called for memoranda on the Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill by 4 September 2023. KWCA argues wildlife should be excluded as it is not an extractive resource.
KWCA has submitted a collective memorandum on the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill 2023 on behalf of its 184 conservancies, following consultation on the Bill’s carbon market provisions.
A year on from APAC in Kigali, where 12 conservancy women spoke on five panels, the case is clear: elevating grassroots women’s voices changes Africa’s conservation agenda.
KWCA and the Ministry of Environment hosted a webinar marking International Biodiversity Day, pressing for urgent implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
KWCA is one of five USAID grantees to win a second RISE Challenge award, extending its gender-based violence prevention work to Kasigau and Kitirua conservancies.
On behalf of 175 conservancies, KWCA has submitted a memorandum opposing the Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill, 2022 on grounds of inequitable revenue sharing and vague drafting.
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted at CBD CoP15, committing parties to protect 30% of land and ocean by 2030 and recognising the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
KWCA joins Kenya’s government delegation to CITES CoP19 in Panama City, where 89 agenda items include the engagement of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in the Convention.
Kenya took three trophies at the African Conservation Awards in Kasane, with KWCA named best Conservation Supporter for its work establishing Kenya’s conservancy rangers association.
Hezron grew up seeing no women in Kasigau’s conservation decisions. As one of six community champions leading Social Analysis and Action dialogues, he is now working to change that.
