In 2019, funding from a WLT appeal expanded Nature Kenya’s Kamale Kilifi Weaver Reserve by 810 acres (327 ha). The wetlands now protected by the reserve are known to provide nesting habitat for the Endangered Clarke’s Weaver. In 2021, WLT and other organisations helped to increase the size of another Dakatcha reserve – this one managed by A Rocha Kenya – from 1,517 acres (613 ha) to 3,797 acres (1,536 ha).
Both of our partners work with the people of Dakatcha to monitor their reserves and mitigate illegal activities, such as poaching and charcoal burning within protected areas, as much as possible.