The Amboseli Ecosystem Trust relies on the support of its members and partners:

MEMBERS

These are all the stakeholders who subscribe to the Amboseli Ecosystem Management Plan (AEMP 2008-2018). They are categorized into three categories:

a.     Core team in the formation, funding and implementation of the management plan. These are Amboseli-Tsavo Group Ranches Association (ATGRCA), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Amboseli Conservation Program (ACP), African Widlife Foundation (AWF), African Conservation Centre (ACC), School of Field Studies (SFS), Amboseli Trust For Elephants (ATE).

b.    Government leading agencies that supported the formulation and implementation of the management plan. These include Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA).

c.     Other members in the implementation level. These are members who pick up single or multiple programs for implementation in the wider management plan. These include Maasailand Preservation Trust (MPT), Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT), Amboseli-Tsavo Game Scouts Association (ATGSA), Kenya Wildlife Trust (KWT) and Interactions & Solidarity (I&S).

FUNDING PARTNERS

These are partners who directly fund AET activities and programs to a tune of Ksh. 3million per year and above. These partners are involved in funding the day-to-day operations of AET and its capacity building. The funding partners enable AET to coordinate the implementation of the Amboseli Ecosystem Management Plan (AEMP 2008 - 2018), and without their funding, AET could not continue its work. They include African Conservation Centre (ACC) and Amboseli Conservation Program (ACP).

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Amboseli Conservation Program

The Amboseli Conservation Program was founded in 1967 to conserve Amboseli’s wildlife and its ecosystem to the benefit of its people. ACP is dedicated to the betterment of conservation based on the following goals:


  • Conduct research on African ecosystems;
  • Develop tools for identifying the threats to biodiversity;
  • Develop conservation policies and practices that benefit local communities;
  • Build local and national consensus and capacity for conservation;
  • Promote sound environmental governance and practices; and
  • Forge national and international collaboration for conserving biodiversity. 

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African Conservation Centre

African Conservation Centre (ACC) is a not-for-profit Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to the development of African Conservation excellence. ACC places emphasis on a three tier approach of integrating Knowledge, Environment and Livelihoods in resolving principal problems facing Biodiversity Conservation in East Africa.

To achieve this, ACC serves a number of complimentary functions, forging interdisciplinary approaches to conservation advanced training and research into issues with broad application and policy implications.

ACC selects pilot Conservation projects with a high chance of success and broad application in the areas of ecosystem research and ecotourism, as well as community-based conservation. ACC believes in saving African wildlife through sound science, local initiatives, and good governance.

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

These are partners who partly support AET programs, meetings and other activities as they arise without any standard donation for specific programs. These include African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Amboseli Sopa Lodge.

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Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS)

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) conserves and manages Kenya’s wildlife for the Kenyan people and the world. It is a state corporation established by an Act of Parliament Cap 376 with the mandate to conserve and manage wildlife in Kenya, and to enforce related laws and regulations.
KWS undertakes conservation and management of wildlife resources outside protected areas in collaboration with stakeholders. It is their goal to work with others, like AET, to conserve, protect and sustainably manage wildlife resources. The community wildlife program of KWS in collaboration with others encourages biodiversity conservation by local communities. The premise is that "if people benefit from wildlife and other natural resources, then they will take care of these resources."

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Africa Wildlife Foundation

The African Wildlife Foundation, together with the people of Africa, works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever.

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is the leading international conservation organization focused solely on Africa. We believe that protecting Africa’s wildlife and wild landscapes is the key to the future prosperity of Africa and its people – and for over 50 years, we have made it our work to help ensure that Africa’s wild resources endure.

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Big Life

Big Life Foundation seeks to conserve and sustain the wildlife and the wild lands of the Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem of East Africa through innovative conservation strategies that address the greatest threats while - at the same time - satisfying the economic interests of the resident Maasai people in ways that improve the quality of life for the entire community.

Big Life recognizes that sustainable conservation can only be achieved through a community-based collaborative approach, whether the goal is to mitigate human-wildlife conflict, greatly reduce the loss of wildlife to poaching, defeat the ivory trade, protect the great predators, or manage scarce and fragile natural resources.
 
Big Life’s vision is to establish a successful holistic conservation model in Amboseli-Tsavo that can be replicated across the African continent.

As of September 2012, Big Life's rangers have made 627 arrests and confiscated 1630 weapons/poaching tools since November 2010.

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International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

Founded in 1969, the International Fund for Animal Welfare saves individual animals, animal populations and habitats all over the world. With projects in more than 40 countries, IFAW provides hands-on assistance to animals in need, whether it's dogs and cats, wildlife and livestock, or rescuing animals in the wake of disasters. We also advocate saving populations from cruelty and depletion, such as our campaign to end commercial whaling and seal hunts.

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Amboseli Sopa Lodge

Set in 200 acres of private land, and with a rustic charm all of its own, the lodge nestles in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro which, at almost six thousand metres, is Africa’s highest and most famous snowcapped mountain. It was this region of Kenya that, in the 1930’s, inspired Ernest Hemingway’s unforgettable stories ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro’ and ‘The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber’ which were turned into more than successful feature films in the late 1940’s due to their renowned actors. All forms of wildlife still abound in this wilderness which continues all the way to the Amboseli National Park, an easy twenty minute drive away from the lodge.

GET INVOLVED!

Contact Benson Leyian to find out about partnership opportunities with AET. 

OUR VISION

To keep the Amboseli Ecosystem rangelands open, diverse and healthy for the benefit of people and wildlife.
 

OUR MISSION

We bring together the communities and organizations of Amboseli to develop land use practices that improve the livelihoods and wellbeing through the coexistence of people and wildlife.

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Learn about new projects, ways to get involved, and updates on ongoing programs here.


PROJECTS

Find out more about AET's primary projects, including:
  • The Amboseli Noonkotiak Resource Centre
  • Implementing the Management Program