Who Gets to Decide? Rethinking Conservation Through Community Governance
This article is based on a conversation I had in July 2026 with Senior Programmes Officers Vincent Oluoch (Private Sector Engagement) and Joyce Peshu (Institutional Capacity Development – Governance and Inclusion) at the Kenya Wildlife Conservancy Association (KWCA). This article also considers my field observations and interviews conducted with the Manager of Naibunga Lower Community […]
Community Empowerment Lessons In a Tree Nursery
A DELICATE BALANCE TO MAINTAIN The fine balance between conservation and community development is hard to find and even harder to maintain, especially when the survival of the local people is at stake. Last October, I was invited to visit a remarkable project in a remote area of Kenya that day in and day out […]
Transforming Travel Marketing with Local Communities – Kenya22
INTRO October 2022 I met Rosemary in Rwanda. We were walking along under a hot sun, after having planted new trees on the south bank of the local river with other members of our host community in Musanze, when she shared the inspiring story of the women empowerment project that she started many years ago. […]