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Conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends – in Africa and across the globe.

About us

Working toward a sustainable future for people and nature in Africa. Our vision for Africa is rooted in its people—and our conservation approach focuses on working with local communities, governments, and organisations to conserve and enhance Africa's shared resources. TNC established the Africa Program in 2007, and today we operate in nine countries across the continent: Angola, Botswana, Gabon, Kenya, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Company size

1,001-5,000 employees

Headquarters

Nairobi

Founded

1951

Specialties

Conservation science, Protected Areas Management, Community-based conservation, Sustainable Land Use, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Marine Conservation, Freshwater Conservation, Policy and Advocacy, Collaborative Partnerships, Restoration Ecology, Wildlife Conservation, Conservation Finance, Invasive Species Management, and Advocacy for Environmental Justice

Updates

• COPs aren’t the problem – we need country-level ambition to accelerate the agenda. As UN-FCCC COP29 reaches its midway point, Clare Shakya The Nature Conservancy’s Global Managing Director for Climate summarizes the state of play. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/dG2r57AM #COP29📸 Wind turbines silhouetted against the sky at sunset. © Master Wen
  
• The significant policy achievements made at #COP16 in Cali, Colombia represent hopeful wins for nature. Although COP16 may not have finished as we'd hoped, we are encouraged to mark some very important milestones that will have a significant impact on how the world advances nature-positive actions. Discover what happened at the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference: https://lnkd.in/eT-RzkqF📸 Roshni Lodhia
  
• Ester Lemuwguloy, 53 years old, is a proud mother of seven and grandmother of 14. She specializes in beadwork, creating intricate necklaces known as shangas, and also excels in basketry, crafting traditional kikoba baskets. Ester spends five days a week at the Boma, a place designed to resemble a traditional Maasai homestead, providing a comfortable home-away-from-home environment. The Boma primarily consists of older women who can afford to stay away from their homes for several days, unlike younger women who have cultural obligations and young families to care for. Ester recently visited a women's bee-keeping group in the city of Arusha to enhance her skills as part of an organized knowledge-exchange visit. She now manages four bee hives, and profits from the honey sales have helped her to expand her maize production. The income generated from her endeavors has allowed her to send her children to school and build a new, more modern home. 🔗 Discover more about the Enaboishu Women's Trading Center in Tanzania, supported by The Nature Conservancy, a vibrant hub for improved livelihoods and community development https://lnkd.in/d4tRGNxV📸 © Fahad Mwajasho
  
• Two years into its implementation, the Eldoret-Iten Water Fund (EIWF) in Kenya is helping to protect vital water resources, restore degraded forests and farmlands and work with local communities. Find out more in Part 2 of this two-part series on Kenya’s Eldoret-Iten Water Fund by Mongabay https://lnkd.in/dv75eP37
  
• Kenya’s Eldoret-Iten Water Fund (EIWF) was established to address threats to important water supplies. Administered through The Nature Conservancy, the EIWF’s objectives include partnering with thousands of local farmers to adopt sustainable soil and water conservation practices, restoring and protecting more than 120,000 hectares (300,000 acres) of degraded forests and farmlands, planting more than 1 million trees, reducing sediment flow into rivers and supporting farmers with rainwater harvesting. The Eldoret-Iten Water Fund also works with local Indigenous communities and includes projects such as beekeeping. This is a response to years of farming practices, population growth, deforestation for charcoal and wood and other factors that have diminished and threatened local water supplies. Discover how the Eldoret-Iten Water Fund in Kenya partners with farmers to protect vital resources in this article by Mongabay: https://lnkd.in/dcGHYssp
  
• Freshwater fishing has sustained generations of Gabonese living on the shores of the country’s central lakes. Traditionally, it was a seasonal activity, only practiced when the rainforest was too wet for logging, or the crops too young for harvesting. The fishers who worked these waters decades ago tell stories of pulling up nets full of fat fish that reliably restocked their family’s finances for lean times. Today, things are different. Small-scale logging has been heavily restricted, cutting people’s income from timber. There are not enough cleared fields to go around for farmers to make a living raising crops. So, to make ends meet, more and more people are paddling into Gabon’s lakes to try their hand at fishing. This poses a major threat to livelihoods in lakeside communities. Without regulations on the types of nets or fishing methods that can be used, or the areas open to be fished, stocks plummet and struggle to breed back to former levels. To manage these risks, people living around Lake Oguemoué have turned to The Nature Conservancy and its partners to help them form and expand community fishing associations. These groups gather people together and encourage them to follow a set of fishing practices for long-term, common good. Key to this endeavor is the work developed by TNC partner NGO, the Ecotourism Organization of Lake Oguemoué, known by its French acronym, OELO. Follow the link to discover how communities are working together to develop sustainable fishing practices on Gabon's 'great lakes' for the common good: https://lnkd.in/dZxyN-Zg📸 © Roshni Lodhia
  
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  We're thrilled to announce that The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Jumuiya Economic Development Secretariat (JKP) have signed a Collaboration Framework Agreement to drive economic growth and biodiversity conservation in Kenya's coastal regions. This partnership is a win for local communities, while it also strengthens Kenya’s role in safeguarding the country’s natural heritage. The signing ceremony took place at TNC's Regional Office in Nairobi, and was represented by Jumuhiya Ya Kaunti’s Emmanuel Nzai, CEO, Heri Mwagona, Head of Policy, and Gladys Mnjama, Sector Lead, Financial Services and Investments, along with The Nature Conservancy’s Munira Anyonge Bashir, Government Relations and Policy Director, Kenya, and Tuqa Jirmo , Ph.D, Program Lead - WIO Blue Economy. During the occasion, we outlined key objectives of this groundbreaking initiative: 🌿 Enhancing natural resource and climate change initiatives. 🌍 Collaborating with JKP’s 5 coastal counties to advance their Marine Spatial Plans. 🔄 Activating the National Resource and Climate Change Sector Working Group. 📈 Promoting regenerative economic growth on the natural resource economic pillar. Our shared goal? To develop a sustainable framework that ensures the effective management and conservation of Kenya’s unique coastal and marine biodiversity through strategic partnerships. JKP represents six coastal counties—Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River, Lamu, and Taita Taveta—acting as a regional coordination agency for policy, investment, and sustainable development. By combining TNC’s technical expertise with JKP’s regional leadership, we’re committed to creating measurable, lasting impacts in the region.
  
• The water supply for Nairobi’s five million people — and four million others besides — depends on the Tana river, which flows for 1,000 km from the Aberdare mountains to the Indian Ocean. The Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund (UTNWF), launched by The Nature Conservancy and our partners in 2015, has worked with farmers and local authorities to create buffer zones along riverbanks, develop agroforestry, and terrace some of the steepest farmland to reduce erosion. It has also supported reforestation of degraded lands at forest edges, the creation of grass buffer strips along farmlands, and mitigation of erosion of dirt roads. “If our freshwater ecosystems are not healthy, they can’t provide that foundation and for the water security that we need as people, for broader nature, for plants and animals, the cities and our economies as well,” said Naabia Ofosu-Amaah, senior adviser on water and climate resilience issues with The Nature Conservancy. Read more in this article by Mongabay https://lnkd.in/dKcJeE3v
  In Kenya, a river restoration initiative pays for itself, and then some https://news.mongabay.com
• The Nature Conservancy and WWF have been working to advance the Southeast Angola and Source Water Conservation Planning Initiative, compiling essential data, and helping to guide government decision-making on where, why, and how to invest in impactful conservation efforts for the benefit of nature and people in Angola and beyond. In particular, we are working with the Government of Angola on establishing durable freshwater protections, including source water protection, which are among the most cost-effective and durable ways to safeguard water security and ecological functions vital to ecosystems, communities, and broader socio-economic development. As part of this initiative, we recently convened a workshop in Luanda with GABHIC (http://www.gabhic.gv.ao/pt), INRH (https://www.inrh.gv.ao/) and WWF Zambia to engage stakeholders in refining conservation plans and identifying implementation pathways. The workshop cantered on two vital mapping exercises: Terrestrial and Freshwater Conservation Values and Source Water Protection—driven by rigorous science and aligned with national priorities. Key objectives from the workshop included: 🔵 Review and Validation: Stakeholders assessed spatial mapping outputs, validating the data to ensure accuracy and identifying necessary refinements. 🔵 Action Planning: Together, we identified actions needed to successfully implement the work towards our shared vision for conservation. 🔵 Partnership Building: By fostering partnerships with institutions and organizations, we’re laying a foundation for successful implementation and shared conservation goals. GABHIC representative Carolino Mendes remarked during the workshop: "We need to act now on implementing conservation measures in Southeast Angola that balance environmental and social needs. As we move forward with our ambitious conservation agenda, we recognize that preservation of our natural resources is not just an environmental imperative but also a vital component of our national identity and shared economic future. By safeguarding our biodiversity and ensuring the sustainable management of our ecosystems, we are investing in the health and prosperity of our communities for generations to come”.Colin Apse, Africa Freshwater Strategy Director with The Nature Conservancy also emphasised, "Unlike many rivers and lakes in the world that are amongst the most degraded ecosystems, the rivers in Southeast Angola are in remarkably good ecological condition, meaning we have a unique opportunity to maintain these thriving ecosystems for the benefit of nature and people. By investing in the protection of these natural resources today, we can ensure a sustainable future for both people and wildlife in Southeast Angola and this initiative represents a significant step towards achieving that goal." This workshop stands as a key milestone, allowing valuable feedback on spatial plans as we move forward with this ambitious conservation journey.
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