Local Community-based Biodiversity Conservation Films

The Local Community-based Biodiversity Conservation Films project, a Darwin Initiative project, is run in both Kenya and Tanzania, and helps local conservationists make and edit films with local communities by explaining the importance of biodiversity to their lives and livelihoods.

The University of Leicester, UK is working in partnership with Kenyan wildlife groups including Nature Kenya (the main national biodiversity conservation NGO, the National Museums of Kenya, and with regional partners. In Naivasha, Kentya, these include the Lake Naivasha Riparian Association, the Koibatek County Council, the Friends of Kinangop, and the African Conservation Centre.

References
 * Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, February 19 2009