Core funding from LGT Venture Philanthropy to expand and improve KWCA’s operations, financial strategy and monitoring and evaluation capacity, so it can deliver on its mandate as the national association for wildlife conservancies in Kenya.
The partnership with LGT Venture Philanthropy seeks to provide core funding to expand and improve KWCA's institutional capacity to effectively deliver on its national conservation mandate. LGT VP focuses on an integrative approach to protecting and regenerating ecosystems, benefitting the environment and local communities alike. KWCA's approach falls in line with LGT VP's strategy, as the organisation applies an integrated model to protecting biodiversity and wildlife while securing livelihoods.
LGT VP renewed its partnership with KWCA for a period of three years to scale the conservancy model across Kenya and beyond. The three-year follow-on investment supports KWCA in further expanding and improving its operations, financial strategy, and monitoring and evaluation.
KWCA works with its conservancy members to design locally led approaches that benefit people and nature. At the core of its approach, KWCA focuses on growing its own institutional capacity to meet the growing challenges and multiple needs of its members. Foremost, addressing policy gaps at national and county level, engaging in policy processes that facilitate recognition and political support of conservancies, and identifying barriers and incentives needed to encourage the adoption of conservancies are priorities.
LGT VP's support will lead to favourable framework conditions for conservancies, empowered and well-managed conservancies, and a surge in improved livelihoods.
To expand and improve KWCA's operations, financial strategy, and monitoring and evaluation capacity to deliver on its role and mandate as the national association for wildlife conservancies in Kenya.
The guidelines that govern KWCA membership: membership categories and the admission criteria for community, private, group and co-managed conservancies; the procedure and timelines for admission; membership benefits; fees; cessation of membership; and the code of conduct and ethics binding every member. Includes the membership registration form (Appendix A) and the affiliate membership form (Appendix B).
In 2025 KWCA made great strides on various issues, our key highlight was the launch of the Kenya Conservancies Fund. We have deepened our focus on supporting conservancies to become effective, resilient, and investment-ready institutions.
The KWCA 2024 Annual Report highlights a year of remarkable progress in influencing conservation policies, improving conservancy governance and management, strategic partnerships, and organisational effectiveness.
Over 10 years ago, KWCA became an independent national association for conservancies focused on positioning the conservancy model as a holistic strategy that not only delivers impact beyond conservation but as a community institution…
