Reducing IWT through community-led conservation in a transboundary landscape
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £600,000
WHERE Tanzania, Kenya
Summary
This project addresses illegal wildlife trade affecting people and wildlife in the transboundary wildlife corridor between Amboseli and Kilimanjaro National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. Covid-19 has impacted tourism revenues, ranger patrols and community livelihoods - increasing pressure from IWT, exacerbated by human wildlife conflict and threatening species including lion, giraffe, elephant and pangolin. In response this project will engage local women and youth as agents of change and nature guardians, strengthen livelihoods, and improve community-led enforcement and cross-border collaboration.
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.
