Contact addresses:

Edward Loosli - Chairman, The Wildlife Foundation - Kenya
President, The Wildlife Trust - U.S.A.: Ed-L@sbcglobal.net

Irina Katherina Wandera - Office Manager:
ikwandera@gmail.com

John Sinkeet Solonka - Field Director: sinkeet1@yahoo.co.uk










Send tax-deductable checks to:

The Wildlife Trust
120 La Bolsa Road
Walnut Creek, California USA 94598



Wildlife Conservation Lease Program

Thanks to the generous contributions from The Nature Conservancy (USA), the Kenya Wildlife Service and the contribution (Sept. 2009) from the Global Environment Facility through a World Bank/GEF Project, 55,000 acres of savanna grasslands and more than 380 Maasai families are living under the environmental protection of the Wildlife Conservation Lease Program managed by The Wildlife Foundation, up from 8,600 acres in 2007. Nairobi Nat. Park is approximately 28,500 acres, so this expansion of the Lease Program throughout the Nairobi National Park wildlife dispersal area almost triples the size of the ecosystem's protected habitat. Under the written terms of the Wildlife Conservation Lease contract, in return for a contribution of $4 per acre per year, individual Maasai landowners living outside the open un-fenced southern boundary of Nairobi N.P. agree to keep their lands un-fenced and un-cultivated. The landowners further agree to manage their land for wildlife, including lions, and sustainable livestock grazing, the traditional pastoral way of life that has well served both wildlife and the Maasai people for generations. ***** Please support these hard working people and the wildlife that share their land ******



Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Maasai Demonstrate for Land-Use Master Plan

On 26 Aug.2011 hundreds of the Maasai community residents demonstrated their support for strong enforcement of the recently passed Land Use Master Plan (LUMP) for the private grazing lands South of Nairobi National Park. This locally driven law is the first ever land use plan adopted outside of any city in Kenya. Ogeli Ole Makui and David Ole Nkedianye (Photos by Ed Loosli) are to be given much of the credit over the last two years for getting this most important law passed. The Master Plan calls for a livestock and wildlife land-use policy and most importantly, it mandates that the smallest parcel size in the open lands is 60 acres. If enforced, this new Master Plan should greatly help in curtailing land subdivisions and land speculation.
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