07 / PEOPLE & PARTNERSHIPS
The land in Kenyan hands.
Male is proudly owned by a local Kenyan family. Our model is designed to keep it that way — combining local ownership with the professional management, investment and partnerships needed to restore the landscape for the long term.
A WORKING LANDSCAPE · ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOGRAPH · FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS TO FOLLOW
A WORKING LANDSCAPE · ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOGRAPH · FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS TO FOLLOW
A DIFFERENT MODEL
A DIFFERENT MODEL
A different model for conservation.
A different model for conservation.
Conservation investment often requires long-term security over land. At Male, we have structured that security without changing the underlying ownership. The land remains with the family.
Male Conservancy Management has a long-term mandate to manage the landscape, oversee restoration, develop sustainable businesses and bring in the investment needed to make them possible. The result is a structure designed to combine local ownership with professional, long-term conservation management.
Conservation investment often requires long-term security over land. At Male, we have structured that security without changing the underlying ownership. The land remains with the family.
Male Conservancy Management has a long-term mandate to manage the landscape, oversee restoration, develop sustainable businesses and bring in the investment needed to make them possible. The result is a structure designed to combine local ownership with professional, long-term conservation management.
ALIGNING INTERESTS
ALIGNING INTERESTS
Ownership and conservation, aligned.
Ownership and conservation, aligned.
Successful conservation should be economically valuable to the people who own and live with the landscape. As Male becomes healthier and more productive, the objective is for the family, management, neighbouring communities and conservation itself to benefit.
Successful conservation should be economically valuable to the people who own and live with the landscape. As Male becomes healthier and more productive, the objective is for the family, management, neighbouring communities and conservation itself to benefit.
FAMILY OWNERSHIP → PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT → INVESTMENT → HEALTHIER LAND → SHARED LONG-TERM VALUE
FAMILY OWNERSHIP → PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT → INVESTMENT → HEALTHIER LAND → SHARED LONG-TERM VALUE
PARTNERSHIPS
PARTNERSHIPS
Built through partnership.
Built through partnership.
Male cannot work in isolation. Restoration, research, tourism, security, education and natural capital depend on relationships with neighbouring landowners, local communities, researchers, conservation organisations and commercial partners.
Male cannot work in isolation. Restoration, research, tourism, security, education and natural capital depend on relationships with neighbouring landowners, local communities, researchers, conservation organisations and commercial partners.
These relationships should strengthen the landscape without undermining its central principle: local ownership, professional management and long-term conservation.
These relationships should strengthen the landscape without undermining its central principle: local ownership, professional management and long-term conservation.