Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) was established in 1990. It manages the biodiversity of the country, protecting and conserving the flora and fauna^[1]. Simplified schematic of an islands flora - all its plant species, highlighted in boxes. ... Fauna is a collective term for animal life of any particular region or time. ...

KWS manages the National Parks and Reserves in Kenya. The money collected as entrance fees in the parks is used to help the conservation of the plants and animals within the parks. Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... == == == == [[Media:Conservation may refer to the following: Politics and policy Conservation movement, movement seeking to protect plant and animal species as well as the habitats they live in Conservation ethic in relation to preserving ecosystems Energy conservation, reduheck yea cing non-renewable energy consumption Water conservation Wildlife conservation Conservation authority... u fuck in ua ... Animalia redirects here. ...

National Parks and Reserves

Kenya has 35 designated national parks and reserves:

• Aberdare National Park
• Amboseli National Park
• Arabuko Sokoke National Park
• Bisanadi National Reserve
• Central Island National Park
• Chyulu Hills National Park
• Hell's Gate National Park
• Kakamega Forest Reserve
• Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park
• Kisumu Impala Sanctuary
• Kora National Park
• Lake Nakuru National Park
• Losai National Reserve
• Malindi Marine National Park
• Malka Mari National Park
• Marsabit National Reserve
• Meru National Park
• Mombasa Marine Park
• Mount Elgon National Park
• Mount Kenya National Park
• Mount Longonot National Park
• Mwea National Reserve
• Nairobi National Park
• Ndere Island National Reserve
• Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park
• Ruma National Park
• Saiwa Swamp National Park
• Samburu National Reserve
• Shaba National Reserve
• Shimba Hills National Reserve
• Sibiloi National Park
• Tana River Primate Reserve
• Tsavo East National Park
• Tsavo West National Park
• Watamu Marine National Park

The Aberdare National Park covers the higher areas of the Aberdare Range of central Kenya, and the Aberdare Salient to their east. ... Amboseli National Park is in Kajiado district, Rift Valley Province in Kenya. ... The Arabuko Sokoke National Park protects an the Arabuko Sokoke Forest on the coast of Kenya, 110 km north of Mombassa. ... The spectacular gorge in Hells Gate Hells Gate National Park lies south of Lake Naivasha in Kenya, north west of Nairobi. ... Kakamega Forest is situated in Western Province Kenya, north-west of the capital Nairobi, and near to the border with Uganda. ... Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park is situated on the southern coast of Kenya near Shimoni and south of Wasini Island in Kwale District near the Tanzanian border. ... Lake Nakuru is one of the Rift Valley soda lakes. ... Meru National Park is a Kenyan forest reserve located east of Meru, 350 Km from Nairobi. ... Mount Elgon National Park is one of several national parks of Kenya. ... Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya, and the second-highest in Africa (after Mount Kilimanjaro). ... Mount Longonot is a dormant stratovolcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, Africa. ... Nairobi National Park is 117 km² but is only a few km from the centre of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. ... Saiwa Swamp National Park is near Kitale in Western Kenya. ... Samburu National Reserve is located on the banks of Ewaso Nyiro river, across which is the Buffalo Springs National Reserve. ... Forest elephants in the Shimba Hills National Reserve The Shimba Hills National Reserve is a small National Park in the Coast Province of Kenya, 33 km from Mombasa and 15 km from the coast. ... Sibiloi National Park lies on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. ... The Bachuma Gate entrance to Tsavo National Park Tsavo East National Park is one of the oldest and largest parks in Kenya at 11,747 square kilometers. ...

Conservation Programmes

KWS runs specific programmes to assist Kenyan species and habitats that are in particular danger. They have forest and wetland conservation programmes, as well as specific elephant and rhino projects to help them recover from poaching. The hirola, which is in danger of extinction, is also being monitored. In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Habitat (which is Latin for it inhabits) is the place where a particular species lives and grows. ... Temperate rainforest on Northern Slopes of the Alborz mountain ranges, Iran A dense growth of softwoods (a conifer forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A deciduous broadleaf (Beech) forest in Slovenia. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus † Elephas beyeri † Elephas celebensis † Elephas cypriotes † Elephas ekorensis † Elephas falconeri † Elephas iolensis † Elephas planifrons † Elephas platycephalus † Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea... Black Rhino from Howletts Wild Animal Park For other uses, see Rhinoceros (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Poaching (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Beatragus hunteri Sclater, 1889 The Hirola (Beatragus hunteri, sometimes Damaliscus hunteri also known as Hunters Haartebeest) is found in arid grassy plains in a pocket on the border between Kenya and Somalia. ... The Dodo, shown here in illustration, is an often-cited[1] example of modern extinction. ...

Within KWS there are several services, each responsible for a different area of work:

Community Wildlife Service

This branch of the KWS work outside the national parks. They work instead in areas such as wildlife corridors, and teach the communities living there to encourage conservation and look after their resources. A wildlife corridor is the artificial joining of fragmented habitats. ...

Security Services

The job of this service is to eliminate poaching in the national parks, and stop illegal trade.

Veterinary Services

This service ensures that healthy breeding populations of species are maintained throughout the country.

Training

KWS has a training centre based in Naivasha. KWS staff are taught here, and courses are also run for outside students in ecology and tourism. The town of Naivasha is northwest of Nairobi (lower center), toward the Uganda border (click map to enlarge). ...

Education

KWS run several education centres:

• Nairobi Safari Walk
• Nairobi Education Centre
• Lake Nakuru Education Centre
• Tsavo East Education Centre
• Tsavo West Education Centre

These are located inside National Parks, and run programs to encourage people to care for their environment. It is aimed at local people, particularly school groups, but is open to anyone.

See also

• List of national parks of Kenya

The national park system of Kenya is maintained by the Kenya Wildlife Service. ...

References

External Links

• Kenya Wildlife Service