The Masai Mara is such an iconic landscape. Around 2/3 of the ecosystem is outside the National Reserve. Great meeting with Daniel Sopia and the team at MMWCA on the One Mara Carbon project and our wider partnership. 🙏
Mara Isinya Conservancy Trustees Inception Meeting.
We have today hosted trustees from Mara Isinya Conservancy, a new conservancy in northern Mara. Today’s meeting agreed on formation of Mara Isinya Conservation Trust and resolved to build unity of purpose.
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So how about if salaries are paid via Mpesa . What do we do then with banks account if safaricom has Mpesa Limits of 500k - can they also adjust Fuliza limits 😂
Just flew this morning out of the Mara with guest from New York who had a wonderful experience in the maasai Mara reserve. the major concerns they raised was the long cue at JKIA passport control 2hrs waiting @mohammedhersi and Kenya risk losing tourism due to this.
As living creatures we all lived in the Garden / forest at the beginning. How did human transition to concrete homes and more luxurious 🤔. From walking to flying and now we’ve turn to destroy what we all once called a home that’s the forest?? Religion and science who is right?
Stakeholder mapping and their level of influence. Mara can market it’s self as a destination without having to rely on the less informed group who have seriously under market it for along time.
Aerial Census of Large Mammals in Maasai Mara Ecosystem (2021) Report | Stakeholders Dissemination Workshop.
84% of wildlife counted in Mara live in community conservancies.
The development of the One Mara Brand Marketing Strategy is made possible by through the Maasai Mara Local Works Project implemented by MMWCA with support from the USAID - US Agency for International Development @USAIDKenya.
The Mara is a destination of marvel, is a critical wildlife and cultural landscape, world's premier destination which requires all hands on deck, to ensure among others, that it is marketed and conserved for posterity.
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ONE MARA BRAND MARKETING STRATEGY STAKEHOLDER'S CONSENSUS WORKSHOP.
The development of the One Mara Brand Marketing Strategy has gained momentum with the coming together of stakeholder's from the ecosystem and beyond, to give insight into what a unified marketing strategy means.
Today we joined the teachers and students of Maasai Mara High School during the unveiling of five housing units for teachers and ten renovated classrooms, and an administration block.
#MaraConservancies takes pride in the people who have been instrumental to the social transformation in the Mara Ecosystem. On this day we celebrate their exceptional skills, knowledge & commitment to conserve this critical ecosystem for wildlife & the people.
Happy Labour Day!
The Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage - Penina Malonza, OGW, has gazetted the Greater Maasai Mara Ecosystem Management Plan 2023-2032 vide Gazette Notice No. 2645, Maasai Mara National Reserve Management Plan 2023-2032 vide Gazette Notice No. 2646.
If you live near a granary it’s expected that your well fed. I’m baffled by the fact that communities leaving near most protected and conserved areas are the thirstiest, malnourished and hungry . If your herder don’t eat well how do you expect him to protect your livestock 🤔🤔