Kenya Wildlife Service

Description

It is a state corporation that was established by an Act of Parliament (Cap 376), now repealed by WCMA (2013), with the mandate to conserve and manage wildlife in Kenya, and to enforce related laws and regulations. KWS undertakes conservation and management of wildlife resources across all protected areas systems in collaboration with stakeholders. It is our goal to work with others to conserve, protect and sustainably manage wildlife resources. The community wildlife program of KWS in collaboration with others encourages biodiversity conservation by communities living on land essential to wildlife, such as wildlife corridors and dispersal lands outside parks and reserves. The premise is that " if people benefit from wildlife and other natural resources, then they will take care of these resources. "The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) collects biodiversity data across Kenya’s wildlife protected areas (WPAs). These WPAs currently cover about 8.2% of Kenya’s land mass and contain a very significant amount of Kenya’s biodiversity. The data that have been collected have included those on terrestrial and marine wildlife populations, threatened species and invasive alien species. The above data have are utilized for biodiversity conservation in Kenya. KWS and other partners, National Museums of Kenya (NMK) and Nature Kenya (NK) are implementing a GBIF project with the following details: BID proposal identifier: BID-AF2015-0035-NAC; Project title: Organizing and mobilizing biodiversity information from the Kenya Wildlife Service; Start date and end date of the reporting period: 01/07/16 to 30/11/2016

Contacts

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Samuel Kasiki
Telephone: +254-020-2379407
email: skasiki@kws.go.ke

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Joseph Mukeka
Telephone: +254-020-2379407
email: Jmukeka@kws.go.ke

Kenya Wildlife Service
PO BOX 40241
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE