When it was introduced in 2021, TNC’s Strengthening Indigenous Landscapes Strategy focused primarily on one landscape project in Northern Kenya. Now, the program has expanded to include five large landscapes in eastern and southern regions of the continent, where key partnerships are helping restore rights of tenure to the community-led institutions that steward Africa’s most vital grasslands, savannah forests, fisheries, and wildlife areas. In July, leaders from Africa shared Indigenous Landscapes Strategy updates, as well as highlights from Africa Year In Review at the TNC-sponsored 2022 Africa Protected Areas Congress in Kigali, Rwanda.
