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.

55

Conservation
partners

16

African
countries

40M+

Million hectares protected

60M+

USD Partner conservation expenditure

Meet Our Conservation Partners →

Region

Country

Theme

Habitat

Stage

ACADIR

Building resilience for communities and wildlife in southeastern Angola.

AFO

Innovating aquaculture, strengthening livelihoods and preserving marine life

Association Famelona

Integrating health and conservation for Madagascar's sustainable future

Carbon Tanzania

Making forest conservation valuable for communities

CHAT

Integrating healthcare access with environmental conservation

CLAWS

Saving Botswana's lions through community-driven conservation

COMRED

Advancing sustainable coastal resource management in Kenya

CTPH

Protecting gorillas by improving community health

CWMAC

Strengthening Tanzania's community-managed conservation areas

Dahari

Uniting communities for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation in Comoros

ERS

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

Fanamby

Protecting Madagascar's biodiversity and its local economy

Forest of Hope

Bringing back a critical forest from the brink of devastation

GERP

Guardians of Madagascar: Protecting Lemurs, Preserving Ecosystems

GBM

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

Grevy Zebra Trust

Conserving the Endangered Grevy's Zebra in Partnership with Communities

Herp Conservation Ghana

Protecting Ghana's unique amphibians and reptiles

Honeyguide

Proving Community Conservation can work in Tanzania

INDRI

Uniting for Change: Advancing Madagascar's Environmental Leadership

IRDNC

Pioneering African Community Conservation

Kopelion

Co-existence and connectivity for lions across northern Tanzania

KWCA

Leading Kenya's Conservancies Movement

Lewa

Protecting Species through Community Conservation, Development Programmes, and Education

Lion Guardians

Turning people who once killed lions into lion protectors

Madagasikara Voakajy

Preventing endemic species' extinction in Madagascar with local communities

Mali Elephant Project

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

MJUMITA

Empowering communities for sustainable forest management

MMWCA

Protecting the Maasai Mara

Mount Kenya Trust

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

Mwambao

Leading Local Innovation in Marine Conservation

NACSO

Leading Systemic Change through Collaboration

Nature Rwanda

Conserving Rwanda's ecosystems, connecting people with nature

NNF

Supporting conservation and sustainable development across Namibia

Ocean Revolution Mozambique

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

OELO

Conserving Gabon's lakes and forests for future generations

OPDP

Strengthening indigenous rights and voices while conserving critical forests

PWC

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

REDO

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

ReGeCom

Representative & Effective Community Conservation in Mozambique

RWCA

Saving threatened and endangered species in Rwanda with the community

Safire

Advancing rural development, food security and climate resilience through conservation

Scope Intervention

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

Sea Sense

Protecting Tanzania's marine heritage through community-based conservation

SORALO

Using Culture, Science, and Traditions to Protect a Landscape

SRT

Local action for Rhino Protection

Tsavo Trust

Giving the people and elephants of Tsavo a better future

Tsimoka

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

TTWCA

Uniting the voice and efforts of community-led conservation

UCRT

Securing Land and Resource Rights for Indigenous and Local Communities

Umoja

Igniting and supporting community-led conservation in Uganda

WASIMA

Promoting coexistence between people and lions in western Tanzania

WCA

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

ZCP

Conservation at Large

ZELA

Using the law to promote environmental and climate justice

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