Management Skills for Wildlife Conservation
Develop and disseminate locally relevant and scalable management education for wildlife conservancies
Patrick Klemz has been practicing corporate and nonprofit law for more than 10 years and is currently Vice President of the Washington, D.C. law firm Quinn, Racusin & Gazzola Chartered. Klemz represents nonprofits operating in spaces ranging from the arts and sciences to community building and poverty alleviation. Patrick has a particular interest in wildlife […]
Management Skills for Wildlife Conservation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Margaret Otieno to its Board of Directors. Otieno is a conservation educator and CEO/National Coordinator of Wildlife Clubs of Kenya. She holds a PhD in Climate Change and Education for Sustainable Development and an MSc in Environment and Development. MSWC Founder and President […]
The latest Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) Bi-Annual Report cites Good Governance, Effective Management, and Financial Viability as the three pillars underpinning NRT’s approach to conservancy resilience. The Report outlines Good Governance as “community-driven decision making that results in strong community ownership, equitable benefit distribution, and transparent and accountable conservancy boards and administration”. MSWC is pleased […]
The African Leadership University’s School of Wildlife Conservation has appointed Richard Vigne as its first-ever Executive Director. Vigne joined the Management Skills for Wildlife Conservation Advisory Board in September 2021, after stepping down as CEO of Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia Kenya –– now East Africa’s largest sanctuary for black rhinos –– which he founded in 1994. […]
Women from the Lekurruki and Il Ngwesi Community Conservancies in Kenya who completed the Leadership and Management Program (LAMP) in February 2021, were asked to evaluate their experience of the training and share insights into their newly acquired knowledge. The training consisted of monthly two to three day modules with module one kicking off in […]
Management Skills for Wildlife Conservation (MSWC) is pleased to welcome conservation practitioner Richard Vigne to its Advisory Board. Born and raised in Kericho western Kenya as the son of a tea planter, Vigne has more than two decades experience in Africa, where he developed and managed the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia Kenya. Under Vigne’s […]
April 21, 2021 – Speaking during an Earth Week webinar hosted by Maliasili entitled Community-led conservation in Africa, Daniel Sopia, Chief Executive Officer at the Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association, made the following remarks about the changes he’s observing in wildlife conservation management in that region: From Kenya’s Maasai Mara side, I think what makes […]
An Update from our “Train Women Leaders for Wildlife Conservation” LAMP cohort. Allan Ward, February 3, 2021. This was the comment of one of the 30 women trainees during the third module of their Leadership and Management Program (LAMP) training. The woman, who serves on the board of the community wildlife conservancy, went on to […]
by Allan Ward, December 1, 2020. The good news is that we have agreed a partnership to deliver the women Leadership and Management Programme (LAMP) with the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT). NRT supports 39 community conservancies across northern and coastal Kenya. Recruitment of the women trainees took place in the last two weeks of October […]
Scaling up for impact at the heart of MSWC’s strategy Guy Pfeffermann, December 1, 2020. I extend a very special thank you to our donors who have made it possible to get our start-up off the ground, and tip my hat to the wider community for their growing interest in leadership and management training for […]