Stakeholder meeting during conservancy visit
Save the Rhino Trust
Engaging key stakeholders
Since inception in 1982 we have built strong relationships with local communities, conservation NGOs, Ministry of Environment, forestry & Tourism and Traditional leaders in the rhino landscape.
Our work benefits the local communities through the creation of job opportunities as trackers and rhino rangers. By creating a healthy environment for rhino population growth, we have enabled custodian conservancies to sign agreements with tourism partners, this creates job opportunities in the community and additional income for the conservancies as tourism is the highest income generating industry for the majority of these conservancies.
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Constituted communal conservancies, with clear standard operating procedures and constitutions.
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Management agreements between tourism Joint Venture (JV) partners and custodianship agreements between the conservancies and the government.
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Strong partnerships with other conservation NGO’s in the landscape
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Conservation is a success when all stakeholders are equally engaged
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Local knowledge is essential and can be a good guidance in decision making
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Engagement enables us to identify and agree on areas of need and improvement