Conservation education in Laikipia gets another boost. 8 US university students arrived for an intensive field course on biology, ecology and rangeland studies in Laikipia. Ol Pejeta Conservancy (OPC) and Mpala Research Centre jointly offered a one-week intense field course for this first income generating Wild Class excursion. At OPC, the students from St. Lawrence…
The first Mending Fences Comic Book will be launched on World Environment Day, in Nanyuki on June 5. This graphic, tongue-in-cheek, but strikingly true depiction of what communities are up against when they decide to protect themselves from elephants. Human-elephant conflict (HEC) remains an enormous challenge in Laikipia wherever people and elephants share space; and…
A big part of any organisation is its ability to change and be flexible; LWF is no different. For 24 years, LWF has gone through a number of changes that helped it grow and respond to its membership, opportunities and demands. More recently, and for the last 8 years, LWF has enjoyed the generosity of US…