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International Day for Biological Diversity
To 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
The 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
When 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…
News From the Field — October 2019
Advising on international policy to protect endangered giraffes, working with communities to fight the climate crisis and enhance food and water security, and conserving biodiversity by restoring degraded landscapes are just a few of ACC’s recent activities!
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RFP: Black Rhino Research Fellowship with The Grumeti Fund
Black Rhino Research Fellowship RFP: The Eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) is a critically endangered subspecies restricted to Tanzania, Kenya, and Rwanda.
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News From the Field — April 2019
APRIL 2019 Partnerships for a Sustainable Future Dear Friends of ACC & ACC-US African Conservation Centre (ACC) approaches conservation from many angles and with many partners—from helping to bring together diverse groups of people to find sustainable solutions to Kenya’s changing landscape, to engaging children in learning about their environment and interpreting it in new […]
Read moreSeeking Education Outreach Officer for EU-ACC Connekt Project
ADVERT: Education Outreach Officer The African Conservation Centre (ACC) in Kenya aims to conserve biodiversity in East Africa and beyond through the collaborative application of scientific and indigenous knowledge, improved livelihoods and good governance through development of local institutions. ACC is in partnership with Oikos EA in Tanzania for a trans-border project entitled CONNEKT Greater […]
Read moreKenya’s Wildlife: A Success Story Still in the Making?
On February 21, 2019 African Conservation Centre (ACC) founder and Chairman, Dr. David Western, gave a public lecture at the National Museums of Kenya. His lecture, titled “Kenya’s Wildlife: A Success Story Still in the Making?” focused on the journey of conservation in Kenya.
Read moreNews From the Field — Fall 2018
News From the Field FALL 2018 Dear Friends of ACC & ACC-US For more than 25 years, ACC has worked directly with communities – learning from them and sharing with them to conserve biodiversity. We believe local people are the most important stewards of the wildlife, land, water and their own livelihoods. Living with wildlife […]
Read moreFrom Africa to Montana, Western works to keep wildlife and people together
David Western has spent 40 years negotiating ways that livestock owners, tourism businesses and national park managers can co-exist and resolve wildlife issues. “If elephants used as much energy as we humans do, they would have de-vegetated the planet,” Western said during a visit to Missoula from Kenya. Article by Bob Chaney | Photo by […]
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