Parks Beyond Parks : Why Amboseli Works for People & Wildlife | Special ORC 2025 Episode 2

Special Episode 2 — Recorded live at the Oppenheimer Research Conference 2025. In Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem, people and wildlife have shared space for millennia. Conservation leader Dr. David Western explains how that coexistence works today: mirrored migrations between herds and wildlife, community scouts complementing state rangers, and “parks beyond parks” where tourism outside gates pays landowners to keep habitat open. We dig into restoring mobility to heal degraded grasslands, using early‑warning systems so pastoralists can off‑load or move livestock ahead of drought, and building local institutions that align incentives. It’s a clear blueprint for scaling coexistence across Africa’s rangelands, practical, proven, and community‑led.