The weekend of the 25th and 26th of January this year saw the third Great Grevy’s Rally taking place, covering an area of over 25,000km² in Northern Kenya. This two-day photographic census is an [...]
By Belinda Low Mackey The desert locust… where to begin? I’m all sweaty after rushing around camp with the team, banging a metal spatula against a large sufurir (cooking pot) and deafening [...]
By Julius Lekenit, Governance and Partnerships Manager It was a calm and chilly morning on the beautiful plains of El Barta in Samburu North and time for another foot patrol for Lmantros [...]
In the first week of March 2020, Julius and Belinda travelled to Zimbabwe to meet with their fellow cohort members of the African Conservation Leadership Network (ACLN). The ACLN is a [...]
By Joel Loongo’nyo, GZT’s El Barta Regional Coordinator The Elbarta Conservation Council (ECC) was established by GZT in 2014 and is responsible for creating awareness within [...]
By Peter Lalampaa Nolkurupu Leparashau is a tall, regal-looking lady with a sharp gaze, who has the qualities of resilience and passion indicative of the pastoral communities in northern Kenya. [...]
El Barta was an area historically rich in biodiversity but the last few decades have seen wildlife bear the brunt of the increasing enmity between the Turkana and Samburu. A rise in illegal [...]
Sixteen professionals from seven different zoos in North America travelled to Kenya to take part in the 2018 Great Grevy’s Rally. Our zoo team included specialists from Disney’s Animal Kingdom, [...]
SMART is a Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool, used to increase the effectiveness of conservation management through improved monitoring and analysis. The SMART software makes it possible to [...]
Sakardala borehole is used by Grevy’s zebra to access water that has spilled over from the storage tank. GZT has employed a water monitor here to dig and maintain a pool for this spill-over water [...]