Establishing broad partnerships with national and county governments, and other conservation agencies and local communities

Most conservation organisations cannot flourish in isolation. For us, we recognise the importance of establishing mutually beneficial partnerships that cut across national and county governments, local and international conservation and research agencies, as well as individual and institutional philanthropic organisations. In our landscape, partnerships have enabled us to scale the impact of our work across northern Kenya and beyond. Together with our partners, we have been able to connect wildlife landscapes previously isolated by human activities, protect wildlife beyond our borders, as well as participate in the formulation and implementation of strategies for the conservation of key species. We mainly establish partnerships that wil directly feed into our strategic goals or where we find we will add the greatest value. However, for the local and national government partnships, these are a must institutions as our work feeds directli into the national goals. Among others, our partnerships are maintained through implementing joint action plans, joint planning and implementation meetings, face to face meetings, publicacations etc.

Shared values for wildlife and community development. 

 

An existing state agency responsible for wildlife conservation in Kenya, that collaborates and works with private and community stakeholders. 

 

Dialogue and regular communications with partners and stakeholders involved.

There is tremendous value in participatory conservation efforts, which enables the scaling of work across larger landscapes. 

 

Every working partner has significant input in the realisation of conservation and development goals across northern Kenya. 

 

There is a need to continuously cultivate partners who are aligned with our vision, mission and approaches to various components of our work.