Locals around Masai Mara surrender land to make home for wildlife, end conflicts

An eland peeps into a vehicle belonging to World Wide Fund for Nature, which works with wildlife conservationists, at Talek, a few metres from Masai Mara National Reserve. Locals around Masai Mara are surrendering land to make home for wildlife, end conflicts. (PHOTO: PETER MUIRURI/ STANDARD)

After the recent burning of ivory at Nairobi National Park, attention has now shifted to the country's conservation models.

It is estimated that 75 per cent of Kenya's wildlife is found outside of the main conservation areas. And with more land around such animal sanctuaries being taken for other uses, cases of human-wildlife conflict are bound to increase.