Securing rhino populations with effective law enforcement and Impact Bonds
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £480,471
WHERE Kenya
Summary
Enhanced, effective training of Kenya Wildlife Service law enforcement, and rhino monitoring personnel, combined with deployment of real-time surveillance and monitoring systems, will advance intelligence gathering, law enforcement effectiveness, and monitoring of rhino populations, leading to increased number of prosecutions, reduced poaching, and ultimately, increased rhino numbers. Focused implementation of this training in key black rhino strongholds within the Tsavo Conservation Area (TCA) will provide necessary enabling conditions for long-term investment through Rhino Impact Bonds
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
