Kenya
The post-independence government inherited four national parks and six game reserves, gazetted through a parliamentary process. In addition, there are quite a number of game reserves that are under the management of local authorities. There also a host of privately or/and communally owned wildlife conservancies. Subsequently the numbers of these parks and reserves have greatly increased.
Protected and conserved areas designated as global sites of importance |
|
Global designation |
Number of sites |
UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserves |
6 |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Natural or Mixed) |
3 |
Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites) |
6 |
Source ((Ramsar, 2019; UNESCO, 2019a, 2019b)
Priority areas for conservation |
|
Designation |
Number of sites |
Alliance for Zero Extinction sites |
6 |
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas |
68 |
Key Biodiversity Areas |
72 |
(AZE Secretariat, 2019; BirdLife International, 2019c, 2019a)