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.

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

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 elepants 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.