As dusk falls in Esiteti village in Kitirua Conservancy, 179 Maasai women and youth sit in the shade of an acacia tree. In the background is the magnificent backdrop of Africa’s tallest mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro. Deeply engrossed in her handiwork, Margaret Ringoine intricately turns beads into stunning eye-catching pieces.
From the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, to the El Molo and Dasanach tribes of Northern Kenya, indigenous communities are a formidable force who are quietly, but quite remarkably, protecting vital ecosystems that ensure the health of our planet and our survival as humanity.
Recently, I went on a memorable safari with a team of Kenya’s most experienced bird watchers. At the start of the expansive Dida Galgallo plains, we came across this special sighting that got everyone up. You know those moments that instantly light people up from within? This was it! And no, there wasn’t any lion, leopard or cheetah in the vicinity.
Thanks to 5 consecutive failed rainy seasons, the past few years have been extremely tough for indigenous #community livelihoods in Northern Kenya. Up until April this year, the ...
Up to 130,000 elephants roam the wild lands of Botswana – and that is not counting transient herds moving across country boundaries in the region. As a significant range state, Botswana was the only nation in southern Africa to support a total and permanent ban on the ivory trade at the 2016 CITES conference.
Arguably one of Kenya's most marketed safari destinations, the Maasai Mara is home to a huge number of African wildlife species: African bush elephants, lions, leopards…
