Working towards sustainable tourism in Kenya - KIGO CONSERVANCY - An example of ECOTOURISM.
Kigio Conservancy was set up in 1997 on an old beef / dairy ranch with the aim of providing a wildlife sanctuary and a sustainable eco-tourism destination.
The accommodation at Kigio is in "cottages" built of mud, timber and thatch, using local and reclaimed materials and methods. The furniture is built from re-claimed timber from the ground and there is no electricity, oil lamps are instead used. They have now installed solar panels to help generate electricity.
Kigio has a number of ecotourism activities it is involved in:
- partnerships with local communities - helping to fund and work on community projects
- provides links with local schools with schools in the UK, raising money for new classrooms and other projects (e.g. water tanks)
- partnerships with conservation organisations such as the Tusk Trust - which has involved setting up conservation centre for use by local schools and providing sustainable development education for local communities
- employees local people - e.g. guides and other workers
- conservation activities - e.g. looking after orphaned wildlife - e.g. 2003 relocation of giraffe into the area - including a baby giraffe from the Karen Blixen Giraffe Orphange in Nairobi.
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thanks it helped XD
ReplyDeletealso this website has momre information about it:
http://www.kigio.com/locations.htm
Hi we've been investigating the sand dune ecology in our local area too. It's part of a project we do with local school groups. The idea is that we use our near by dunes as to get children thinking about ecology and human impacts on coast lines. Using the dunes is a great jumping in point for getting children talking about issues like erosion and climate change. Blog post on it here id anyone is interested: http://blog.cat.org.uk/?p=2899
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