Based within the Tsavo Conservation Area, which is home to the country's single largest population of elephants and a greater biodiversity of species than any other conservation area in the world, the Peregrine Conservation Area encompasses over 4,500 acres of land adjoining the Tsavo East National Park. This land is a prime wildlife habitat and key 'buffer zone' between the National Park and community homes, while also serving as the location for the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust field headquarters, Air Wing and Canine Unit, which support all of the Trust's Tsavo-based projects.

Home to one of the largest mangrove forests in the world and some of the oldest coastal forests in Africa, this fragile environment has, in the past, been threatened by illegal encroachment, deforestation, poaching and unsustainable agriculture.

Working in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust provides financial support and management expertise to the Lamu Conservation Trust, a community-led umbrella organisation, to protect, manage and preserve Amu Ranch. We fund security measures including the building of security outposts and camps; salaries of 50 trained rangers to patrol and protect the area; equipment including tractors, water bladders and patrol vehicles. This work has included the establishment and continued maintenance of over 300km of road networks for security patrols. The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust also covers the costs of efforts to regenerate the forest including maintenance of the Farouk Camp tree nursery which can accommodate over 10,000 indigenous tree seedlings.  

In 2014, we began a public-private agreement with the Kenya Forest Service, to manage and protect the Witu Forest in partnership with the Lamu Conservation Trust. This includes funding a new security camp and ongoing security patrols to combat illegal logging and hunting in this important migratory corridor for wildlife.

In 2018 we partnered with the Big Life Foundation to secure this small but critical 5,700 acres of land that is a favourite stomping ground for Amboseli’s famous Tuskers and an essential corridor between the Amboseli ecosystem, Chyulu Hills and Tsavo West National Park.

Shrinking habitats and subsequently increased human-wildlife conflict are amongst the biggest challenges in Amboseli against a backdrop of agricultural and transport development. Through the partnership with Big Life, local land owners and KWS, and in a win-win for wildlife and the communities, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust covers the costs to lease the land from the local community to ensure it remains set aside for wildlife, as opposed to agriculture while our local partners oversee the Sanctuary’s security and daily management.

The Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary is one of Kenya’s first community-owned wildlife sanctuaries and aims to preserve a critical corridor for elephants along their migratory route to Tsavo East National Park.

The aim of this community-based initiative is to reduce clashes between people and wildlife by encouraging and compensating private land owners to lease their land for wildlife, as opposed to agriculture. Working with the Kenya Forest Service and Kenya Wildlife Service, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust financially supports this initiative by funding Sanctuary staff wages, essential maintenance works including upgrading the road network within the sanctuary and compensation for the 300 private land owners who participate in the scheme.

The Meru Rhino Sanctuary is a safe haven for Kenya’s black and white rhino populations located in Meru National Park. In 2017 the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust embarked on an ambitious project in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service to refurbish, expand and secure this critical sanctuary, which means more protected space for rhinos to live and roam.

Measures that have been financially supported by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust include extending the western boundary of the Park to expand the sanctuary’s total area to 83.5km squared, replacing the existing perimeter fence with a new electric fence that incorporates important wildlife corridors and building of strategic security bases within the sanctuary to ensure the area is effectively patrolled and protected at all times.