Tsavo-Mkomazi
The Tsavo-Mkomazi landscape straddles the boundary between Kenya and Tanzania. It is one of the world’s largest protected areas, home to more than a third of Kenya’s elephants and nearly a fifth of its black rhinos. Stresses include infrastructure development, climate change impacts, and freshwater availability.
Our holistic approach includes the following activities:
- Partnering with communities through collaborative land-use planning, alternative livelihood development, and youth and education programs
- Reducing human-wildlife conflict
- Strengthening park rangers’ eco-monitoring and data collection
- Providing counter-wildlife-trafficking support, including judicial and prosecutorial training
- Supporting cross-border anti-poaching collaboration
These comprehensive strategies prioritize the protection of elephants, giraffes, rhinos, and lions—work that benefits other species as well and safeguards natural resources for current and future generations.
Using GPS Technology to Prevent Human-Wildlife Conflict
Deterring Elephants from Raiding Crops
We implement various tactics to reduce conflict between humans and elephants. Mapping elephant corridors helps farmers plant outside migration paths and thus avoid crop damage. We also introduce solutions such as beehive fences, which stop visiting elephants and also give farmers a new revenue source—eco-friendly honey and beeswax.
