The Amboseli Community Wildlife Tourism Project is committed to saving the Amboseli ecosystem by encouraging the Maasai landowners to use the wildlife they have on their doorstep as a resource. We show them how they can use this resource to bring an additional income through wildlife tourism. At the same time we demonstrate that more wildlife in their ranches will actually improve the grazing, and the consequent value of their livestock. Wildlife tourism is the one viable enterprise that, if managed correctly:

• is sustainable throughout the whole area
• will help to return the arid land to productivity
• will bring a much-needed second income to the landowners

The ACWTP facilitates the setting aside of such areas for wildlife tourism. Already it has helped a number of landowners to mark out viable areas and has introduced them to reputable tour companies who are renting the areas, paying bed-night fees, and employing the local people.