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Community Conservation in East Africa: What's Working

NMNia Mussa26 May 202610 min read

A reporter's notebook from three community conservancies that are quietly rewriting the African conservation playbook.

Top-down conservation is being replaced by a model where local communities own the upside.

#Conservation#Community#Wildlife
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Nia Mussa
Conservation Editor

Reports on community conservancies, anti-poaching units, and the next generation of East-African rangers.

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