Rare Conservation Opportunity – Tsavo Trust 

Space for wildlife in today’s world of ever-increasing human expansion is rare! Here in Tsavo, with its wilderness expanse, there is very real and meaningful opportunity to not only secure what wildlife and diverse habitat that currently exists, but to significantly build on this by supporting the Kenya Wildlife Service to preserve this space to allow wildlife thrive. Time is short given the immense challenges Tsavo faces daily. Tsavo Trust is trusted by KWS, has a formal partnership with KWS and is well placed to provide such support.  

Tsavo Trust was established in 2012, and since then has grown organically from two employees to its current staff of 80. Our work goes beyond borders of Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks to protect at risk species and instill a culture of conservation and community empowerment. With over 10 years’ experience in the Tsavo Landscape, Tsavo Trust understands the many and varying challenges that the Tsavo’s face daily. We are flexible to these needs as they come, making Tsavo Trust unique.  

 Tsavo Trust tackles these challenges by implementing three key Goals:  

1. Create effective management and protection of protected areas by supporting the Kenya Wildlife Service and Wildlife Research and Training Institute – Aerial patrols; ground protection and monitoring support with a specific emphasis on the “Big Tusker” elephants and the Key 1 black rhino population in Tsavo West NP. 

2. Establish strong and effective community-led conservation and development initiatives through the conservancy model: Developing and stewarding self-governing, community-led wildlife conservancies in specific key areas within the TCA, forming secure buffers to the Protected Area and fostering of partnerships with other organisations already working in support of wildlife, habitats, and communities in the Tsavo landscape. 

3. Develop a more resilient and robust long-term financing framework for Tsavo: Partnerships and collaboration are key to success. Tsavo Trust is well placed as a conservation hub, with an established field base allowing for effective operations, program implementation and development for Tsavo Trust and our partners to implement conservation projects. 

What is special about Tsavo.... 

It’s Big - The Greater Tsavo Conservation Area - 42,000km2 National Parks – 22,000km2Dispersal Areas – 20,000km2Approximately the size of Switzerland Comprises 49% of Kenya’s Protected Areas
Vast and varied wilderness habitats provide the massive potential for further wildlife growth – a rare natural resource in today’s world of diminishing wild space. 
Immense BiodiversityHolds Kenya’s largest single Elephant population, 14,964 elephants (June 2021 census) Home to the unique Iconic Super TuskersHolds Kenya’s Largest key 1 black rhino populationHome to several high value and endangered speciesHome to the Big 5

Features Speaker 

Richard Moller - Co-Founder / Board Member and Chief Executive Officer – Tsavo Trust

A Kenyan Citizen and full time Tsavo resident since 2010, with over 30 years direct wildlife conservation experience in Kenya. A passionate conservationist with years of field project management capability, bush piloting (5,000 hours) and wildlife capture and translocation. Holds rank of Inspector in the Kenya Police Reserve. Former Deputy Director of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya, one of Kenya’s flag ship rhino sanctuaries (11 years) and initiated the Big Tusker Program under Tsavo Trust. An Honorary Warden with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) since 2002, and in May 2013, was appointed to sit on the KWS Partners Management Committee for the Tsavo Conservation Area (TCA). 

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