Wildlife

Our efforts focus on where we can provide best value as a membership organization. This means we will nurture the role and functions of devolved wildlife conservation at the County and landscape level.

We support the formation and operations of the Community Wildlife Conservation Committees (CWCC) or similar. Twice since the new Constitution and devolution, efforts have been made to address conservation issues at County levels. We support these Committees as the instruments for wildlife conservation issues at County and landscape levels.

We support the Laikipia Conservancies Association, the regional division of the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association. As conservancies look to build stronger working bonds, maintain corridors and dispersal areas for wildlife, we support their efforts to play a greater role in generating public benefits.

We support greater access to Conservation Small Grants and capital development of the Mazingira Conservation Fund. This Fund will support wildlife conservation initiatives among communities and individuals in the greater Laikipia landscape.

Our Goal

By the year 2030, Laikipia will remain a model for the conservation of biodiversity on private lands in Kenya. We will have maintained, if not increased, the amount of land in service to wildlife conservation in Laikipia and with our neighbors. And we will have a fully functioning, devolved conservation body (ies) demonstrating maximum benefits for the landscape’s citizens and wildlife.

5 –Year Objectives
- Reduce the amount of Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) by 50% from known hotspots.
- Support a model mechanism (CWCC) that demonstrates the effectiveness of public, county, and private partnerships in service to wildlife conservation.
- Increase the number of officially sanctioned wildlife uses in Laikipia that can demonstrate increased public benefits from private lands and wildlife use.
- Maintain the population health of keystone species for the landscape and expand the habitat for black rhino conservation.
- Increase the amount of Laikipia County expenditure for wildlife conservation related activities to 10% of the total county budget.
- Capitalize a Conservation Small Grant Fund dedicated to landscape and community conservation issues.

Activities
1. Support the devolved (CWCC) functions aimed at wildlife conservation and conservancy management services.
2. Fundraise for organizations and projects that mitigate and reduce human-wildlife conflict and support the conservation of species and habitats
3. Support Awareness and Public Information Sharing
4. Develop County Conservation Leadership and capacity building.
5. Advocate for increased wildlife use rights by conservancies
6. Secure benefits and incentives for conservancies in the County, and between Counties in the Upper Ewaso Ng’iro Water Basin
7. Contribute to the conservancy movement in Laikipia, and between Laikipia and its neighbors.
8. Support the membership, goals and priorities of the Laikipia Conservancies Association.
9. Initiate the Mazingira Conservation Fund in support of community and individual small grant conservation projects.

Role of the FORUM

The FORUM would serve as a secretariat to the functions of the organization related to matters of conservation and the goals and objectives noted above. The Secretariat will leave the function of compensation to KWS as many of these issues are legal, confidential, and based on investigations, assessments and forensic evidence.

The FORUM will support the efforts of the County Committee to work with Laikipia County Government on HWC, land use planning, and a development of the County’s Integrated Development Plan to include activities that benefit wildlife conservation as a land use in Laikipia, and among its neighbors. We will also continue to support the interaction of the Committee with the Kenya Wildlife Service in efforts to devolve a full set of wildlife use rights to County stakeholders.

We will work with the KWCA in solidarity to advance membership, the association’s goals, the development of new conservancies, galvanize support to existing conservancies, and to advance our common advocacy and lobbying efforts.

Thus, The FORUM will also serve as the secretariat to the Laikipia Regional Conservancies.

Partnerships

Key partnerships working to support these theme are the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association and the Association/Partnership of Laikipia Conservancies, the County Wildlife Conservation Committees, and the Northern Rangelands Trust.

Wildlife Related Documents

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THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT NO 47 OF 2013

ENDOWMENT FUND REGULATIONS - May 2015

KWS_ ACTIVITIES IN PROTECTED AREAS-May

KWS_ COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION - May

KWS_ CONSERVANCY REGULATIONS - May

KWS_ ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA BASE- May

KWS_ ENDANGERED SPECIES-May

KWS_ GOVERNMENT TROPHIES-May

KWS_ IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATIES - May

KWS_ JOINT MANAGEMENT OF WATER TOWERS - May

KWS_ LICENCING REGULATIONS- May

KWS_ MARINE PROTECTED AREAS- May

KWS_ MINING REGULATIONS- May

KWS_ WILDLIFE COMPENSATION REGULATIONS-May

KWS_ WILDLIFE RESEARCH- May

KWS_ PRESCRIBING USER FEES - May

KWS_PROTECTED WETLAND REGULATIONS- May

KWS_SECURITY REGULATIONS-May

KWS_SECURITY REGULATIONS_Jan_2016

KWS_ JOINT MANAGEMENT OF WATER TOWERS - Jan_2016_opt

KWS_PROTECTED WETLAND REGULATIONS-Jan_2016 _opt

KWS_ LICENCING REGULATIONS-Jan_2016 _opt

KWS_ MARINE PROTECTED AREAS-Jan_2016 _opt

KWS_ MINING REGULATIONS-Jan_2016_opt

KWS_ ACTIVITIES IN PROTECTED AREAS-Jan_2016_opt

KWS_ COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION - Jan_2016_opt

KWS_ CONSERVANCY REGULATIONS -Jan_2016_opt

KWS_ ENDANGERED SPECIES-Jan_2016_opt

KWS_ ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA BASE-Jan_2016 _opt

KWS_ GOVERNMENT TROPHIES-Jan_2016_opt

KWS_ IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATIES - Jan_2016-opt

KWS_ WILDLIFE COMPENSATION REGULATIONS-Jan_2016_opt

KWS_ WILDLIFE RESEARCH-Jan_2016_opt

KWS_ PRESCRIBING USER FEES - Jan_2016_opt

Newsletter Articles

WORLD WILDLIFE DAY: Joining Hands to Protect Our Ecosystem

Laikipia
March 3, 2023

To commemorate World Wildlife Day, we today joined our partners in conservation the Kenya Wildilife Service, The County Government of Laikipia, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, William Holden Wildlife Foundation, the Water Resources Authority and Likii and Nanyuki WRUA for a clean-up exercise of Rivers Nanyuki and Likii. In her speech after the clean-up, the Assistant Director,…

Wildlife Photography Hide at Porini Rhino Camp

Laikipia
December 21, 2022

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Ongoing Drought Crisis Endangering Wildlife in Laikipia

Laikipia
November 10, 2022

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WALK WILD : Experience Laikipia’s Hidden gem

Laikipia
October 11, 2022

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Ontulili Primates Protection Celebrates International Primates Day

Laikipia
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Kenya Shines at the Africa Conservation Awards

Laikipia
October 11, 2022

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COLO BRIDGE: Ontulili Primate Protection partners with Mount Kenya Trust to Conserve Colobus Monkeys

Laikipia
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Walk Wild: Promoting Ecotourism and Landscape Restoration in the Mukogodo Forest

Laikipia
July 22, 2022

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KPLC Reconfigures Power Lines after Global Outcry over Electrocutions

Laikipia
June 9, 2022

The rerouting of power lines around wildlife habitats is indeed a great step towards safeguarding our wildlife species. The recent global outcry by environmentalists on the increasing electrocutions of birds and wildlife is bearing fruits in Kenya. In response to the outcry The Kenya Power and lightning Company has begun an initiative of re-configuring and…

How Conservancies Drive the Economic and Environmental Agenda in Laikipia

Laikipia
April 14, 2022

The secret to securing stability within the greater Laikipia landscape and at the same time promoting the environmental management has strong and sustainable partnerships written all over it. Stakeholders working in the conservancy space within Laikipia continue to embrace the fact that a clear and collaborative approach towards conservation efforts is the key to conservation…

Ol Pejeta, The Best Place to See Black Rhinos in East & Central Africa

Laikipia
April 11, 2022

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Photography for a Cause: Promoting Conservation Education through photography

Laikipia
April 7, 2022

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African Wild Dogs Cope with Human Development Using Skills They Rely on to Compete with Other Carnivores

Laikipia
March 7, 2022

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What You Need to Know About Lion Tracking at Ol Pejeta Conservancy

Laikipia
March 4, 2022

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Kenyas’ Wildlife Census Indicates Some Population Growth

Laikipia
September 14, 2021

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Wildebeest, Bustards and Bongos. Kenya Begins First National Census of Wildlife

Laikipia
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Compensation For Wildlife Conflicts In Kenya

Laikipia
May 17, 2021

The government of Kenya offers compensation for personal injury, or death, or damage to property caused by wildlife. The elaborate compensation process is spearheaded by the county wildlife conservation and compensation committee in each respective county

The Laikipia County Wildlife and Community Wildlife Conservancies Bill : A Local Step Towards Sustainable Management and Conservation

Laikipia
May 17, 2021

On 7th May 2021, stakeholders convened in Dol Dol for a review of the Laikipia County and Community Wildlife Conservancies Bill. Among the stakeholders present include: the Laikipia Forum, the Laikipia Tourism Association, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and the Laikipia Conservancies Association. The meeting was organized by the County’s Ministry of…

Conservation Alliance of Kenya: Public Feedback on the Amendments to the Wildlife Management and Conservation Act (WCMA)

Laikipia
April 6, 2021

The WCMA is up for review (again). This is the fourth review of the Act since its original promulgation in 2013. The Conservation Alliance of Kenya is a limited liability membership organization registered in Kenya as the umbrella body to advance the preservation, protection and management of wildlife and its habitats; places of natural beauty;…

Back To Front? – Kenya Wildlife Policy 2020 Sessional Paper No 1

Laikipia
March 10, 2021

Not since 1975 has there been a sessional paper on wildlife. A lot has changed since then. During that time, Kenya’s lost approximately 70% of its total wildlife numbers. Our human population has grown from about 13.5M in 1975 to approximately 55M at the end of 2020. Community, Group and Private Conservancies now occupy more…