The wildlife in Kenya was untouched until over 80 years ago. When the exploration of the wildlife here started, there was rapid loss of the wildlife. Over the last 70 years, Kenya has lost over 30 percent of its wildlife due to many factors. Some of the factors are due to climate change while others are to human activity ns poaching.
Placing the conservation efforts of the wildlife in Kenya into the hands of the community is also an incentive to also improve the livelihoods of the people in the community. There are over 15 conservancies in the Masai Mara National park with over 450,000 acres of land. The conservancies bring in over $4 million every year into the community.
There has also been improvement of wildlife from the number of lions to the endangered Hirola antelope from just 48 in the year 2012 to over 100 in 2016 when the last census was conducted.
The involvement of the community into the conservation efforts of the area also reduces their involvement into the illegal wildlife trade. They are made to earn on the good side of the wildlife trade which is tourism. You are advised to visit the conservancies in order to support the community. In turn you will also be supporting the conservation of wildlife in the Masai Mara area.
Enonkishu Conservancy
This Enonkishu Conservancy is located on the northern site of the greater Mara ecosystem. It covers an area of about 5,928 acres with a partnership of about 42 land owners that have signed to lease their land to this conservancy. The main focus of the conservancy is livestock improvement through innovative cattle management programs, running alongside novel tourism projects. This conservancy consist od the woodland, riverine and rocky areas. There are many hippos and crocodiles in the section of river that borders the conservancy. The riverine forests provide an area popular with leopards. Rare species such as Aardvark, Caracal, serval cat, and Aardwolf are occasionally found.
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