THE ELEPHANT NEIGHBORS CENTRE IS A GRASSROOTS COLLABORATIVE AND PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSING ON ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITIES LIVING WITH WILDLIFE TO PROMOTE INTER LINKAGES BETWEEN SPECIES AND THEIR HABITATS. Jim Justus Nyamu is the Director at Elephant Neighbors Center, Executive Director at Elephant Neigbors Center and Coodinator at Southern Aberdares Wildlife Association (SAWA) Past: African Conservation Centre & Kenya Wildlife Service. Click on Photo below.
Friday, 24 October 2014
Elephant Neighbors Center (ENC): Conserving African Elephants through walking and t...
Elephant Neighbors Center (ENC): Conserving African Elephants through walking and t...: The conservation of our resources and heritage is key to the success of our future generations. As entrenched in our constitution it is ou...
Elephant Neighbors Center (ENC): Ivory belongs to elephants Amboseli- Tsavo campaig...
Elephant Neighbors Center (ENC): Ivory belongs to elephants Amboseli- Tsavo campaig...: Re: Ivory Belongs to Elephants Amboseli- Tsavo Campaign walk The elephant population in 1970 was at 167, 000. The numbers stand at 2...
Ivory belongs to elephants Amboseli- Tsavo campaign walk
Re: Ivory
Belongs to Elephants Amboseli- Tsavo Campaign walk
The elephant population in 1970 was at 167, 000.
The numbers stand at 26,400 elephants in Kenya today. Kenya loses one (1)
elephant daily to poaching and over 365 elephants for its tusks (ivory)
annually. If this trend continues the national elephant population may decline
given that mortality rate was 4% compared to a growth rate of 2% in 2011. Over
80% of Kenya’s elephants are found outside protected areas and the rest in
National Parks and Reserves. Poaching is an emerging challenge and if its not
managed now, it will lead to decline of elephant numbers and negatively impact
the economy (GDP).
Elephant Neighbors’ Center (ENC) is a Non- profit
Organization whose mission is to protect the African elephant and secure
landscapes for elephants outside the protected areas. ENC places emphasis on a
three-tier approach: integrating community knowledge, environment and
livelihoods in resolving principal problems and bias facing conservation in
Kenya. Mr. Jim Nyamu is an ENC co-founder with over 16 years’ experience of
studying elephants in Kenya and Africa. In 2013 he walked over 3,000 km in
Kenya and in the USA raising awareness on elephant and Rhino poaching.
The Ivory belongs to elephant walk campaign
received enormous support from Kenya’s First Lady Margaret Kenyatta, Cabinet
Secretary to the Ministry of Natural Resource and Minerals, KWS and
International organizations such as IFAW, WWF among others who walked with Jim
separately. Jim has walked over 4000 km now that includes 950 km in the USA (Boston to DC). In his campaigns he has
walked and visited 372 Secondary’s School Primaries, colleges and over 600
community meetings in 29 counties. The campaign has also interacted with county
Commissioners, Administration and Kenya police in different counties.
ENC has brought various organizations together and
have achieved just to mention just a few since the campaign started; Ivory
belongs to elephants campaign among others lobbied the Kenyan government to
improve the wildlife penalties from 1 year or fine of Ksh 40,000 to life in
Prison or a fine of 20million shillings and now enacted as a law. Ivory belongs
to elephants walk gave birth to other campaigns such as Elephant for Kenya and
Hands Off Our Elephants; represented Kenyans in the David Shedrick Wildlife
Trust International March in Washington DC on October 4th 2013. The
campaign with other lobbyist organizations that included David Shedrick
Wildlife Trust pressurized the USA government to crush the ivory confiscated
and finally was crushed in Colorado and Jim was invited to witness on November
14th 2013. Raised more awareness on the poaching through local, national and
International media that includes Voice of America, Good morning America among
others reaching to over 500,000 peoples. Mr. Jim Nyamu is looking for an
organization or individuals in the USA who would help him to plan for another
campaign walk mostly in California. This campaign walk has three
objectives :
(1) Raise awareness on the
elephants and Rhino poaching
(2) Engage
local communities on how to participate in wildlife conservation programs
(3)
Educate communities on the new wildlife Act enacted early this year.
This noble campaign is scheduled to start in Emali,
Amboseli, Loitoktok, Jipe, Taveta, Mwakitau to Voi tentative dates Jan 22nd
through Feb 23nd. (455km) I am writing this in request for your support.
Please contacts us : Email : info@elephantneighborscenter.org +254 713-353-060
https://www.facebook.com/ElephantNeighborsCenter
Saturday, 18 October 2014
Elephant Neighbors Center (ENC): Conserving African Elephants through walking and t...
Elephant Neighbors Center (ENC): Conserving African Elephants through walking and t...: The conservation of our resources and heritage is key to the success of our future generations. As entrenched in our constitution it is ou...
Conserving African Elephants through walking and talking " Taking an initiative "
The conservation of our resources and
heritage is key to the success of our future generations. As entrenched in our
constitution it is our responsibility to protect and preserve our environment
and heritage. A keystone species is in danger of extinction, in Kenya; the
elephant population in 1970 was 167,000. The numbers stands now stands 26,400
as at December 2013. This year alone
Over 150 elephants have been killed with 40 Rhinos poached in the protected and
in private conservancies. At least in Kenya we lose one (1) elephant daily to
poaching and over 365 elephants for its tusks (Ivory) annually. About 78% of
poaching incidences are reported in non-protected areas and 12 % incidences
from protected areas of Kenya (KWS 2013). Our economy heavy depend on tourism
related revenue and destroying these big five mammals is a concern of each and
every Kenyan. To contribute in conservation of this wildlife Elephant Neighbors
Centre (ENC), started a campaign in attempt to educating local communities who
currently live with 70% of wildlife on their land whist 30% found in the
protected areas. By August 2014, ENC had walked 4,175km in 21 disjoined counties
and in 9 States in the USA under the campaign ‘Ivory Belongs to Elephants’,
with Jim Nyamu leading the group. On this walks various opportunities are seen
to market the Nation for domestic and international tourism, The continued
campaigns of ENC organization is a plat foam that as a nation could get
audience to foreign stakeholder on the need to visit our nation.
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
ENC
Elephant Neighbor
Center's Status Update
Friends, tomorrow is my birth day! This comes at the moment when 2
Rhinos and couple of elephants have been poached in different parts of our
elephants ranges in Kenya. I also remember the loss of my personal and my
supporter Lynne Leakey who passed away last month and her remains ( dust...)
now in Tsavo areas. I will have nothing to celebrate but to take stock on what
we and I have done this year and what is ahead of us. Thank you so much for
your continued support, my humble appeal is do not get tired in supporting us as
we and I will not get tired of walking and talking, Its very difficult and time
calling but am and we are dedicated in pleading the wildlife haters to change
their minds and join us in protecting our wildlife . God bless you for what we
have achieved so far.
Jim
Jim Justus Nyamu
We are extending our sale of T-shirts from Galleria, Bomas to Westland's, Thika road and more outlets and Looking for volunteers from the mentioned areas. This is in preparation for Amboseli- Tsavo Ivory belongs to elephants campaign walk. Who is in Voi town?
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