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.

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