OUR STORY.
The Laikipia Conservancies Association is a member-led organization established in 2019 with the goal of bringing together conservancies in Laikipia to ensure land connectivity and amplify our individual impacts. As one of the most important wildlife areas in Kenya, the future of Laikipia as a conservation landscape depends on conservancies.
These institutions form a diverse mosaic, with different land tenure, governance, and management models, yet are aligned through recognition that a collaborative vision and management approach is critical to the future of conservancies as the core of a broader conservation landscape that supports people and wildlife.
OUR MISSION
To strengthen Laikipia conservancies to fulfill their mandates by providing strategic support and coordination,while championing unified action for conservation,inclusive leadership,empowered communities and improved livelihoods.
OUR VISION.
A connected and well-managed Laikipia landscape that conserves nature and improves people's lives.
OUR CORE VALUES:
Member-owned and governed:
The association reflects
the ideas and vision of its members, and decisions are
made in a collective and inclusive manner.
Diversity:
Values diversity among members as a strength
and foundation.
Collaborative:
Promotes collaboration and builds trust
among members and with partners.
Pro-active:
Forward-looking and is an active voice for its members.
Holistic:
People and nature are connected
OUR STRATEGIC GOALS:
Strengthened institutional and technical capacities of LCA and its
member conservancies to achieve their mandate.
Enhanced conservation landscape level coordination and planning at the County and Regional levels.
An enabling policy and regulatory environment that recognizes, supports, and incentivizes the growth, sustainability, and impact of conservancies.
To focus on Ecosystem management, planning, functioning and connectivity
Conservancies are financially prosperous and economic contributors to Laikipia