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When The Nature Conservancy (TNC) helped to establish Loisaba Conservancy in northern Kenya nearly fifteen years ago, they set out with an ambitious goal to restore a landscape that had been affected by decades of poaching. They also set about to do it in a way that involved and benefited local communities. This steadfast commitment led to wonderful results including the reintroduction of twenty-one black rhinos to Loisaba and the first black rhino calf born in the region in half a century. The success at Loisaba has helped to shape TNC Africa's wider focus going into 2026, with the organization directing its efforts towards what it calls the Africa Big 5 Irreplaceable Landscapes, which include East Africa's rangelands, the Congo Basin, the Lake Tanganyika Basin, the KAZA transfrontier area, and the Blue Benguela ocean current. Loisaba sits at the heart of this vision as a cornerstone of East Africa's rangelands, and its story is a wonderful example of what long-term, partnership-driven conservation can achieve.
