The Maasailand Preservation Trust Mission

The Maasailand Preservation Trust recognizes that for the Maasai residents of Mbirikani Group Ranch and the Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem as a whole, the cost of living with wildlife exceeds the benefits. MPT therefore seeks to better balance the economics of everyday life for the local community and resolve human-wildlife conflict whenever possible. By contributing to the success of the Maasai people and their pastoral way of life – through economics, education, and ecology – the Trust, working in close collaboration with local stakeholders, seeks to stabilize and sustain the Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem and its irreplaceable biodiversity.

The Mbirikani Conservation Model

In 2003 MPT introduced and pilot-tested a one-of-a-kind conservation model on Mbirikani Group Ranch that is comprised of four major components:

• Predator Compensation Fund (PCF)
• Community Game Scouts
• Education
• Field research and additive conservation programs (Lion Guardians)