PLACES WHERE YOUR ADOPTION OF AFRICAN ACRES WILL GIVE
WILDLIFE MORE ROOM TO ROAM
Kenya, Kimana Wildlife Sanctuary Expansion
Conserving small land parcels will save vital wetlands
Just beyond the boundaries of world-famous Amboseli National Park,
between the park and Kimana Wildlife Sanctuary, lie several small
parcels of land that hold springs and wetlands that are an essential
corridor for elephants, bird species, elands, and other ungulates
moving between the park, the refuge and surrounding agricultural lands.
Your adoption of African acres will speed our efforts to interest a
local community and private investors in helping to conserve these
vital wetlands for wildlife.
Tanzania, Simanjiro Plains
Conserving small holdings to protect critical wildlife corridors
The Simanjiro Plains lie to the east of Tanzania's Tarangire
National Park, and provide part of the solution to what is known as
"the Tragedy of Tarangire". Tarangire National Park runs north-south
following the life-giving Tarangire River. Each spring Tarangire is the
scene of the world's second biggest annual migration of large mammals
after the Serengeti-Mara migration. Tarangire's migration is from
west-to-east - and for six months out of the year wildlife disperses
out of the park onto the Simanjiro Plain. Tragically, some species have
seen declines of up to 50% once they move outside the park. Your
adoption of African acres will make it possible for AWF to use a system
of easements, land leases and strategic purchases to improve land
conservation, while providing economic returns based on wildlife to
local communities
Kenya, Laikipia District Expansion
Purchase of lands to Create a Central Laikipia Wildlife Conservancy
Just south and east of the Loisabe Wilderness in the Laikipia
District of northern Kenya is a magnificent expanse of grasslands owned
in part by the Kenya Land Conservation Trust and 10 group ranches. To
the south is a privately owned ranch, totaling 90,000 acres, whose
owner has dedicated the land to conservation. These lands are not
contiguous. Yet they are the scene of a centuries-old south-to-north
seasonal movement for elephants and other wildlife. Your adoption of
African acres will help AWF work on the purchase of lands that would be
the 'glue' connecting these ranches. Our goal is to create a continuous
swath of habitat for such specialized species as the reticulated
giraffe, Somali ostrich, and Grevy's zebra.