“I grew up watching poachers. Now I wear the uniform that stops them.”
Naomi LekutonRanger, Sera Conservancy
Leads a patrol of six scouts
Stories
Voices from the field
Elders, rangers and herders on living alongside wildlife.
In their words
What changed, told by the people it changed for
“This land is our grandfather’s grandfather’s. The animals are guests we are proud to host.”
Mama NaserianElder, Samburu East
Sits on the conservancy council
“We learned to rest the grass. Now the land is green when my neighbours’ is brown.”
LmakuriWest Gate
Herd survived the last drought
“A collar on one elephant warns twelve villages before it reaches their crops.”
Ranger LenaimadoAmboseli corridor
Crop-raiding down 64%
“The women chose the grass seed, the women mixed it, and the women keep the seed bank.”
Namunyak women’s groupNamunyak
42,000 hectares restored
“When a rhino is born here, the whole village names it.”
Elder LekimaroroSera, Samburu
Three calves born this year
Stand with the people who guard the wild
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