Amboseli-Chyulu
Transfrontier Conservation Area
Amboseli-Chyulu
The Amboseli National Park, located in Kenya's Loitoktok District, covers 39,206 hectares within an 8,000 km² ecosystem that spans the Kenya-Tanzania border.
The park is known for its diverse wildlife, including 400 bird species and iconic African animals such as elephants, lions, and giraffes. It protects important wetlands, a dried Pleistocene Lake, and semi-arid vegetation. The local Maasai community resides around the park. The Chyulu Hills, located in Makueni County, southeastern Kenya, is a 100 km long volcanic mountain range with a highest peak of 2,188 meters. Volcanism in the area began 1.4 million years ago, and the last eruptions occurred in 1856. The hills are part of the Tsavo conservation area, home to wildlife such as rhinos, elephants, giraffes, and various bird species. The hills lack permanent rivers but feed nearby water sources. The ecosystem is threatened by poaching, overgrazing, and water scarcity. The Amboseli-Chyulu region is subject to prolonged droughts, rangeland degradation, overstocking and poor land and livestock management.
Kenya, Tanzania
Reduced human-wildlife conflict, improved food security, reduced degradation, lower stocking density, supporting ecological corridors
Soil and water conservation interventions, community conservation agreements and governance support, planned grazing, livestock management and production
200,000 hectares
People, Livestock and Conservation
Herding 4 Health is a community development activity that promotes conservation outcomes while supporting people living in rural areas to find their way out of extreme poverty.
