Hello!
Thank you for your interest in the Basecamp Cheetah Project, which is working hard to conserve this endangered animal, and the biodiversity of the Maasai Mara.
We have now in place a functioning agreement between the Kenya Wildlife Service and Basecamp. This has resulted in Basecamp facilitating a trip for the KWS Maasai Mara vet Dominic Mijele to the Cheetah Conservation Fund headquarters in Namibia, and he has now developed the KWS animal immobilization protocol from what he learnt. Excellent news for the conservation community in Kenya.
Cheetah Project at a Glance.
Project goal:
Secure a healthy population of the Mara cheetah.
Provide training, capacity building primarily in the tourism sector (guides) and amongst the surrounding communities in order to minimize harassment, killing and wounding of the cheetah.
Location:
Talek, Maasai Mara
Time frame:
5 year renewable action plan in operation.
Partners and stakeholders:
Kenya Wildlife Service, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Basecamp Guests.
Funding mechanisms:
Guest contributions, Direct fundraising.
Basecamp Foundation Project Category:
Conservation-biodiversity.
Project Life.
KWS Mara Vet Dominic Mijele attended 5 day training in immobilisation at CCF Namibia.
Basecamp funded Vehicle ready to be handed over to KWS for field work after full service.
Sarah Durant at Serengeti Cheetah Project has agreed to provide 1 week of training in fieldwork to KWS team.
Second visit to Namibia by the Project team and KWS researcher is being planned for mid 2008
Looking Ahead!
The field work should be started by mid May 2008, and will develop the individual recognition database for the Mara reserve and the surrounding community land.
This will be supported by a trip to the Serengeti Cheetah Project, where the research team will learn the latest techniques and methods.
The Project team will also visit the CCF Headquarters in Namibia, and learn firsthand how the world’s top Cheetah Conservation Organization does things, and bring all this knowledge back to the Masai Mara to help save this flagship species.
We will also be holding community and guide training sessions, to educate the people so often in contact with this remarkable animal.
Ashe Oleng! (Thank you)
Basecamp and the Talek Maasai community appreciate your support. Our concept of responsible and sustainable tourism and destination development is dependent upon it. The people, the planet, the animals, and the sustainability of the project lies in our own hands, Thank You!
Please check www.basecampexplorer.com for more information and updates, or feel free to contact the Project manager directly.
