Harmony in Habitat: Empowering Communities for Nature’s Resilience

This is a five-year initiative implemented by a consortium led by WWF-Kenya in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), the Taita Taveta Wildlife Conservancies Association (TTWCA), Rhino Ark, and CIFOR-ICRAF.

The project seeks to strengthen inclusive governance, restore critical ecosystems, and promote sustainable, nature-positive livelihoods across the Tsavo landscapes as follows. 

Governance:

• Empowering communities to lead inclusive and accountable resource governance.
• Strengthen governance capacity of Conservancies.
• Promote inclusive, rights-based approaches
• Establish and operationalize landscape-level coordination platforms.
• Institutionalize accountability mechanisms (grievance redress systems, codes of conduct, community by-laws).
• Train over 2,000 individuals in governance, HRBA, and participatory planning.

Conservation:

• Restoring ecosystems and protecting wildlife through local stewardship.
• Support the implementation of integrated ecosystem management plans for the Tsavo landscapes.
• Restoration of degraded rangelands using nature-based solutions.
• Train and equip community rangers; equip & train rangers.
• Improve wildlife corridor connectivity and reduce human-wildlife conflict through local stewardship and joint planning.

Green economy:

• Driving sustainable livelihoods through nature-based enterprises
• Strengthen climate-smart value chains
• Support nature-positive enterprises and community entrepreneurs (70% women- and youth-led)
• Provide start up/incubation/micro-grants, and linkages to green finance and markets.
• Facilitate private sector partnerships to scale sustainable production and value addition.