1 Million Acres Committed by the Maasai. A $5.5 Million Investment to Secure Its Future.
A Historic Conservation Opportunity on Africa’s Most Iconic Landscape
The Amboseli Resource Centre at Lemong’o is being developed as a home for community-led research, learning, and conservation. In one of Africa’s most distinctive landscapes with exceptional wildlife and cultural significance. Investment in the Centre will strengthen community-led stewardship, inspire young conservation leaders, safeguard local knowledge, and sustain connected habitats and community livelihoods across the Amboseli ecosystem.
" If conservation cannot improve the lives of the people who share their land with wildlife, it will not endure. The Amboseli Resource Centre at Lemong’o is being built to prove a new, self-sustaining global model for African conservation. "
- Lucy Waruingi
A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity
Maasai communities are setting aside a remarkable 1,000,000 acres of community land, more than ten times the 96,000-acre national park core, for conservation, wildlife corridors, community conservancies, and seasonal grazing areas. Together, these lands and the Amboseli National Park form a connected landscape where wildlife thrives, coexistence is maintained, and communities sustain their livelihoods.The Amboseli Resource Centre at Lemong’o is bringing communities, researchers, and conservation partners together to care for this ecosystem and sustain its ecological and cultural values.
Original National Park Core
96,000 Acres
(Protected Core Area)
One national Park, 22 Conservancies
Maasai Community Commitment
1M Acres
(Dedicated Conservancies & Corridors)
1.1 Million Acres
of Connectivity and Co-Existence
Why the Opportunity Needs an Institutional Anchor
A commitment of this scale needs lasting coordination, research, learning, and partnership. The Amboseli Resource Centre provides a home for community-led conservation, wildlife monitoring, education, and the sharing of Maasai knowledge. By connecting local leadership with scientific and institutional partners, the Centre helps turn the land commitment into sustained care for wildlife, community livelihoods, and the wider ecosystem.
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