Saving Habitats

Protecting habitats across Kenya and providing viable solutions for the challenges of today’s increasingly developed world

In addition to our extensive conservation operations in the Tsavo Conservation Area, we support local partners including the Kenya Forest Service and Kenya Wildlife Service to secure Kenya’s unique and endangered wild habitats. Measures include erecting and maintaining fencelines (Wild Borders) to protect wildlife areas and reduce human-wildlife conflict, funding community-led initiatives that protect and preserve areas of biodiversity, and tackling threats include bushfires and invasive species.

2,019,480

Land protected with partners (Acres)

14,000,000+

Indigenous trees propagated

450+ Kms

Fencelines erected and maintained

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Our Initiatives include

Kibwezi Forest
Peregrine Area
Amu & Witu Ranch
Mwaluganje
Meru Rhino Sanctuary
KARI Ranch
Galana & Kulala Ranches
Kibwezi Forest

The Kibwezi Forest is one of Kenya's last remaining groundwater woodlands. Having secured a 30 year concession to conserve this environmentally rich site, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has embarked on a partnership with the Kenya Forest Service to protect and sustain this unique area.

This space represents the largest neighbouring protected area in Kenya and is also one of its most important conservation areas. Located within the forest, the Umani Springs are an increasingly important water source for the human population in the surrounding areas as well as wildlife, as it is also the only surface water available throughout the dry seasons in this region. The forest and springs is home to a number of large mammals, birds, reptiles, butterflies, invertebrates and fish. The Kibwezi Forest is also home to our most recently built elephant reintegration unit - Umani Springs.

Wild Borders (fencelines)

Nairobi National Park
Northern Tsavo East
Kibwezi, Chyulu Hills & KARI Ranch
Voi - Maungu
Beehive Fencelines
Nairobi National Park

In 2011, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust funded the upgrade of 15km of fenceline along the south-eastern boundary of Nairobi National Park, where the park borders local communities. This unshortable, human-proof electric fence will remain live, even when tampered with or cut, and has proved to be extremely effective in protecting the Park’s wild inhabitants and preventing human-wildlife conflict and illegal activities.

In 2013, following a request from the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust funded the upgrade of a further 1.7km of fenceline within the Park, in the vicinity of the KWS staff compound, which was being breached by wild animals and humans alike, creating serious issues concerning the security of the Park’s rhinos. ​​​​​​​

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