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Field Stories
Where Giraffes Choose to Live
In Amboseli, the future of the Maasai giraffe depends on community land as it does protected areas. When people think about giraffes’ movements within the Amboseli, the national park is an obvious place to start. However, our field research revealed that more than three-quarters of the Maasai giraffes recorded across
Growing a School Woodland
Every woodland begins somewhere and at Lemong’o Primary School, it began with a single Acacia tree. For years, that lone tree was the only place where students could gather for shade during lunch. In a dry landscape where heat can be unforgiving and tree cover is limited, its value was
Growing Hope in the Dust
In a landscape that is dry, where rainfall is unreliable and water is precious, producing enough fresh food consistently can be daunting. It is for these reasons that vertical gardens offer a practical way for families to grow nutritious food using less land and water, while strengthening household resilience to
A Garden Shared Is a Future Strengthened
Resilience is rarely built alone. In landscapes such as Amboseli, it is built in groups, in conversations, in shared labor, in knowledge passed from one woman to another, and in the quiet confidence that comes from discovering that something difficult can, in fact, be done differently. That is the story
Opening Classrooms to the Wild
For many children growing up around Amboseli, the national park is part of the landscape of home. Yet for some, it remains a place they have never entered. They encounter wildlife outside its boundaries, see safari vehicles moving towards it and still experience a great paradox of conservation where they
When the School Gates Close
Planting a tree is, in many ways, the easy part. The harder work begins the following morning. For schools across the Greater Amboseli ecosystem, some of the most promising environmental projects are won or lost during the long weeks when the school gates are closed and the people who ordinarily
The Power of “What If?”
What if we could build something of our own? This is the question 15 Maasai women in Lemong’o asked themselves when they began imagining a beekeeping enterprise that could create income without demanding large tracts of land or placing further pressure on the environment. Apiculture offered a compelling possibility: an
Where Restoration Begins
Many stories begin with a moment, a person or a place. Ours begins with a seedling in a tree nursery. Long before a tree offers shade, shelters a bird or changes the character of a once-bare landscape, it begins in a nursery bag, under careful watch, being watered, weeded, transplanted
Can you grow food with less water in Amboseli?
Our tree nursery is a vital hub for nurturing indigenous trees, which we donate to schools and community lands around Amboseli National Park. These trees create crucial buffer zones, protecting wildlife ecosystems and maintaining the natural balance. Our tree nursery also includes a resource centre where we train the members
A seedling today can become a habitat tomorrow.
Every woodland begins with something small enough to hold in two hands. At Conservation Kenya’s indigenous tree nursery in Amboseli, thousands of seedlings are being nurtured with a much bigger landscape in mind. These trees are grown for distribution to schools and community lands around Amboseli National Park, where they
When the Grant Ends
Conservation projects rarely fail because the problem disappears. More often, the funding does. That tension sat at the heart of the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW) Kenya workshop held in August 2025 under the theme “Unlocking Funds for Conservation.” Conservation organizations, civil society groups and other stakeholders came together
Growing the Next Generation of Women Leaders in Amboseli
At Oldonyo Musa Camp, one of the most important lessons shared with 43 girls was only five words: “A no is a full statement.” It was a lesson about boundaries, confidence and the right to have a voice. Over five days in December 2025 however, it became part of a