African Conservation Centre
- African Conservation Centre
The African Conservation Centre is a non-governmental organization based in Kenya. The group was founded in 1995. In 2007 it received a US$200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. Their work has focused on capacity building "to conserve wildlife through sound science, local initiatives and good governance." [http://www.conservationafrica.org/index.htm] One of its projects, the Shompole Group Ranch, won the 2006 Equator Initiative Award for community-driven biodiversity-based business from the United Nations Development Programme.
References
* [http://www.conservationafrica.org/index.htm African Conservation Centre]
* [http://www.fordfound.org/grants_db/view_grant_detail.cfm?grant_id=93566 Ford Foundation Grant]
* [http://www.conservationafrica.org/conservation-publications/shompole_wins.pdf Shompole Group Ranch project]
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