Flowers for elephants : how a conservation movement in Kenya offers lessons for us all / Peter Martell ; foreword by HRH the Duke of Cambridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martell, Peter, author.

William, Prince of Wales, 1982- author of foreword.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elephants--Conservation--Kenya--Lewa Wildlife Conservancy.

Elephants.

Ecology.

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Kenya)--Environmental conditions.

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Kenya).

Kenya--Lewa Wildlife Conservancy.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 306 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hurst & Company, 2022.

Summary:

When northern Kenyans find elephant bones, they lay down blossoms and branches as a mark of respect, honouring their crucial connection with the wildlife they live alongside. In our changing world, these values are vitally important. For decades, northern Kenya was one step away from a warzone, on the frontlines of climate change and habitat loss. People slept with their shoes on, fearing attack. Wildlife was decimated. Yet, facing the most extreme challenges, people united. What began as a last-ditch effort to save rhinos from extinction sparked a remarkable return of wildlife, with the once-struggling cattle ranch Lewa named a UN World Heritage Site for its outstanding value to humanity. This served as a catalyst for much broader action. Communities created a network of protected lands across an area larger than Switzerland. Through conservation, they built peace, driving social, environmental and political change. From tracking elephants through the bush to gun battles with bandits and treks through Al-Qaeda territory, Peter Martell tells the exciting story of a conservation movement that gives hope. At a time when humanity is reassessing its broken relationship with nature, these communities offer an inspirational blueprint, proving that environmental change does not have to divide, but can bring us together.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Kinyanjui's Classroom

(How the lessons were learned)

2. The Bush Bandits

(How the animals were killed)

3. The Rhino Guardians

(How a species was saved)

4. The Great Rewilding

(How nature was restored)

5. From the Black Rocks

(How people got involved)

6. The Land of Good Blessing

(How the first conservancy began)

7. Battle of the Barren River

(How to stop a war)

8. The Mothers of the Morans

(How the conservancies came together)

9. Josephine and the Gunmen

(How the message spread)

10. The Rhino in the School

(How the best security is the community)

11. The Nine Teams

(How to build peace)

12. An Elephant Called Pokot

(How humans and wildlife trusted each other again)

13. The Elephant Roads

(How data helps it work)

14. The Rarest Antelope on Earth

(How it works in different ecosystems)

15. From the Sacred Mountain

(How it offers hope for our future).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781787386938

1787386937

OCLC:

1276848772

Publisher Number:

99991412029