The environment
protection is very important in Kenya. Mrs Wangari Maathai, Kenyan Minister of
environment, Nobel Prize for Peace and environment militant for 25 years said:
"By protecting the environment, we eliminate the conflicts for natural
resources and contribute to the peace of people".
The environmental
action of Planete insolite in Kenya will be double. Indeed, initially planete
insolite chose one lodge which is for a long time, and by their own, engaged in
environmental or social actions:
The lodge
Mwazaro, another lodge you will see in the south, carries out an environmental
action by replanting mangroves on littoral.
Planete
Insolite is going to do his action in collaboration with the formation Center
"Taita Discovery Center.
"Taita Discovery Centre" (TDC) is at the
same time an economic project and conservation project in a zone bordering the
National park of Tsavo. This area is the cradle of most important bio-diversity
in East Africa and of the most important populations of elephants, lions,
cheetahs... Participation of ecotourists forms integral part of conservation
program. The aim is to create the largest protected reserve and a corridor
for wildlife in East Africa . The program is carried out in collaboration with
organizations such as "Kenya Wildlife Service" and "African Wildlife
Foundation", individual partners, international volunteers and local
communities. Work concentrates on the 4 following objectives :
- Education : To inform at the same
time Kenyans and foreign visitors on this unique biodiversity, the endemic
species and the natural wonders of the wildlife and create the reflexes of
safeguarding.
- Participation : To offer visitors
the opportunity to acquire as many knowledge as possible on all the
environmental aspects of the Tsavo park.
- Conservation : To promote
expansion and nature conservancy through tested practices of management, like
the creation of small local businesses,generators of incomes, into a durable
environmental processus.
- Service at the community : To
support the realization and improvement of local infrastructures such as
schools, hospital and other equipment.
Located in a strategic position
between East Tsavo and the Western National park of Tsavo, rich of many wild
species, the Rukinga ranch, free from fences, offer a major opportunity for
ecotourism. The long term objective is to create a durable program of
development, self financing thanks to revenue generated by ecotourism.
Planete insolite would like to
assist TDC on a project linked to reforestation
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