Partners

Africa’s Leading Community Conservation Organizations →

Local organizations across Africa are helping communities to protect, restore, and sustain their lands and environment for the benefit of people and nature.

Our job is to find these organizations and help them thrive and grow their impact.

Maliasili strengthens local organizations, enhances leadership capacity, and fundraises so that more money gets to the right people.

62

Conservation
partners

18

African
countries

71M+

Hectares protected

$60M+

USD Partner conservation expenditure

Meet Our Conservation Partners →

Region

Country

Theme

Habitat

Stage

A person poling a dugout canoe along a river fringed with grass

ACADIR

Building resilience for communities and wildlife in southeastern Angola.

Fish swimming in clear blue open water

AFO

Innovating aquaculture, strengthening livelihoods and preserving marine life

Three colleagues seated aboard a boat under a canopy

Famelona

Empowering community-led management of North-Western landscapes in Madagascar.

A dry savannah landscape under a pale sky

Carbon Tanzania

Making forest conservation valuable for communities

A camel caravan crossing arid rangeland

CHAT

Integrating healthcare access with environmental conservation

Aerial view of a circular thorn-brush livestock enclosure

CLAWS

Saving Botswana's lions through community-driven conservation

A river estuary with sandbanks and green banks

COMRED

Advancing sustainable coastal resource management in Kenya

Forested hills rising into a mountain landscape

CTPH

Protecting gorillas by improving community health

Herders in red robes moving cattle across grassland

CWMAC

Strengthening Tanzania's community-managed conservation areas

Turquoise sea beside a rocky shoreline

Dahari

Restoring the ecosystems of the Comoro Islands

Cattle grazing in green pasture

ERS

Two decades of fostering resilient natural landscapes for the well-being of communities and nature in South Africa

Terraced hillsides in a rural landscape

Fanamby

Protecting Madagascar's biodiversity and its local economy

A gorilla surrounded by dense green vegetation

Forest of Hope

Bringing back a critical forest from the brink of devastation

A lemur perched in a tree

GERP

Guardians of Madagascar: Protecting Lemurs, Preserving Ecosystems

Community members planting trees on a hillside

The Green Belt Movement

Keeping Wangari Maathai's dream alive: A trailblazer in environmental preservation, governance and social justice

A herd of Grevy's zebra in arid rangeland

Grevy’s Zebra Trust

Conserving the Endangered Grevy's Zebra in Partnership with Communities

A frog resting on a green leaf

Herp Conservation Ghana

Protecting Ghana's unique amphibians and reptiles

Two people silhouetted looking out towards a mountain

Honeyguide

Proving Community Conservation can work in Tanzania

A group of people walking in single file along a path

INDRI

Uniting for Change: Advancing Madagascar's Environmental Leadership

Aerial view of a livestock enclosure in arid land

IRDNC

Pioneering African Community Conservation

A lion in dry grassland

Kopelion

Co-existence and connectivity for lions across northern Tanzania

Two people walking through open grassland

KWCA

Leading Kenya's Conservancies Movement

Lions resting on rocky ground

Lion Guardians

Turning people who once killed lions into lion protectors

An orange frog on the forest floor

Madagasikara Voakajy

Preventing endemic species' extinction in Madagascar with local communities

A herd of elephants

Mali Elephant Landscapes

Bringing communities together to protect rare, desert-adapted elephants in shared landscapes

Dry woodland vegetation

MJUMITA

Empowering communities for sustainable forest management

An elephant grazing in open grassland

MMWCA

Protecting the Maasai Mara

Mountain peaks shrouded in cloud

Mount Kenya Trust

Preserving one of Africa's most important mountain and forest ecosystems

A small boat carrying fishers on calm blue sea

Mwambao

Leading Local Innovation in Marine Conservation

Open dry grassland with wildlife in the distance

NACSO

Leading Systemic Change through Collaboration

Close-up of a grey crowned crane

Nature Rwanda

Conserving Rwanda's ecosystems, connecting people with nature

A baobab tree standing against the sky

NNF

Supporting conservation and sustainable development across Namibia

People aboard a boat at sunset

Ocean Revolution Mozambique

Collaborating with local communities and harnessing Indigenous knowledge to conserve and restore marine life for a sustainable future

A large tree beside calm water

OELO

Conserving Gabon's lakes and forests for future generations

Close-up of a person working with their hands

OPDP

Strengthening indigenous rights and voices while conserving critical forests

A herder in red dress tending livestock

PWC

Empowering women to improve their livelihoods, their Communities, and their Environment

Community members seated outdoors during a gathering

REDO

Championing for historically marginalized communities to conserve their environment and enhance their well-being

A waterfall running through dense forest

ReGeCom

Representative & Effective Community Conservation in Mozambique

Two grey crowned cranes

RWCA

Saving threatened and endangered species in Rwanda with the community

A person walking through a field of young plants

Safire

Advancing rural development, food security and climate resilience through conservation

A group seated outdoors in discussion

Scope Intervention

Restoring Kenya's critical landscapes and building climate resilience together with communities

A sea turtle swimming underwater

Sea Sense

Protecting Tanzania's marine heritage through community-based conservation

Cattle silhouetted against a sunset

SORALO

Using Culture, Science, and Traditions to Protect a Landscape

A rhino standing in open grassland

SRT

Local action for Rhino Protection

An elephant in dry bush

Tsavo Trust

Giving the people and elephants of Tsavo a better future

A person working in a cultivated field

Tsimoka

Dynamic agroforestry and ecological restoration for people and nature in Madagascar.

A sunset over open grassland

TTWCA

Uniting the voice and efforts of community-led conservation

A community member in traditional beaded dress

UCRT

Securing Land and Resource Rights for Indigenous and Local Communities

Buffalo grazing in green grassland

Umoja

Igniting and supporting community-led conservation in Uganda

A lioness with cubs on a sandy track

WASIMA

Promoting coexistence between people and lions in western Tanzania

Goats beside a shelter

WCA

Fostering harmony: Young changemakers promoting coexistence between wildlife and communities in Zimbabwe

African wild dogs among vegetation

ZCP

Conservation at Large

Participants seated in a workshop session

ZELO

Using the law to promote environmental and climate justice

A green forested landscape

SESDev

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A small boat carrying fishers on calm blue sea

Hands holding harvested nuts

Green farmland

An elephant in dry grassland

People in red Maasai dress standing together

Aerial view of a livestock enclosure in arid land

Livestock moving through golden dust at sunset

A ranger in red dress using tracking equipment

Illustration of a group meeting around tables

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