News & Events
The Pangolin Project is Recruiting – 2 Research Positions Now Available
22nd May 2020ACC's Partner, The Pangolin Project is recruiting a Training & Facilitation Manager and Lead Researcher. View job descriptions (TORs) here. Read More
International Day for Biological Diversity
22nd May 2020To celebrate this day and our mission that is focused on conserving biodiversity in East Africa, we hope you enjoy this short video message by African Conservation Centre executive director, Lucy Waruingi. She encourages us all to reflect on our personal practices that may impact biodiversity and to invest in solutions that increase biodiversity for the benefit of all. Will you invest in ACC today?
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Saving Wildlife in a Time of Coronavirus — An Address from ACC Founder & Conservationist, David Western — Nairobi, Kenya
30th March 2020The coronavirus poses the greatest risk to human health around the world since the Spanish flu of 1918. The pandemic is already disrupting every sector of society, from entertainment and sports to manufacturing and the health and service industries. And the worst is yet to come.
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Honoring Women in Conservation on International Women’s Day & Everyday
7th March 2020When local Maasai women are economically-empowered, the environment is better managed, human wildlife conflict is reduced and their families and communities achieve better livelihoods. ACC honors the women…
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Further the healthy coexistence of people and wildlife, and conserve life-giving ecosystems.
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ELEPHANT CONSERVATION
The plight of elephants is dire. ACC’s programs reduce poaching, expand and protect migratory routes, and empower communities to protect this keystone species.
LAND CONSERVATION
ACC combines scientific and local knowledge to improve the management of natural resources while improving livelihoods, recognizing the health of the whole ecosystem – humans, wildlife and land.
COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE
ACC develops sustainable community enterprises related to eco-tourism, nature-based products, crafts, rangeland and wildlife management and environmental education.
CULTURAL HERITAGE
ACC’s programs celebrate and promote the Maasai’s pastoral traditions that reduce land degradation and permanent settlements and provide a landscape in which both people and wildlife can thrive.
LION CONSERVATION
By combining the latest science with Maasai knowledge and participation, we are increasing lion numbers across Kenya’s South Rift and decreasing human/lion conflicts.
CLIMATE CHANGE
ACC and its collaborators are mapping the distribution of animals, plants and human livelihoods; modeling their vulnerability to climate and land use change; and recommending mitigating & adaptive strategies.
Resources
DEVELOPMENT CORRIDORS PARTNERSHIP
Report
Development Corridors in Kenya — A Scoping Study
HUMAN ECOLOGY
An Interdisciplinary Journal
Variability and Change in Maasai Views of Wildlife and the Implications for Conservation
KENYA’S NATURAL CAPITAL
Business & Biodiversity
Natural Capital Underpins Business Growth.
KENYA’S NATURAL CAPITAL
National Policy Makers
Natural Capital Underpins Kenya’s Prosperity.