Policy & Legislation
Policy Brief: Securing Kenya’s Prosperity — The Need for a Robust Biodiversity Offset Framework
Published 2026
When the first conservancies emerged in the 1990s it was not the result of a specific top-down policy, but rather a response to the growing calls to recognize landowners and communities as the custodians of their wildlife. At that time there was no legal framework defining or regulating conservancies, and an interesting mosaic of government, NGOs, and private sector supported the creation and management of conservancies.
