Kibodo Trust is a community conservation and development trust situated on Kenya’s north coast. The Trust encompasses three National Reserves of Kenya: three unique protected areas - Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Boni Forest Reserve and Dodori National Reserve (“Kibodo”), with a combined land area of over 2,300km2. The combination of forest, coastline and sea make Kibodo a unique project within Kenya.

To date the Bajun and Boni communities have depended on Kibodo’s natural resources for their livelihoods, however pressure from outside sources is taking its toll and these resources are being depleted.

With this in mind, a concerned group of Kenyans came together early in 2004 to establish the Kibodo Trust with the principal objects of:

a) Strengthening effective management in Kibodo;
b) Improving the conservation of natural resources (through their sustainable harvest if needs be),
c) Supporting social development through the establishment of income generating projects, and promoting better health and education of the local people;

As well as undertaking its own projects and fundraising, the Trust intends to act as a conduit for other donors’ money, helping direct these into suitable programmes. It also hopes to provide a forum for co-management of the Reserves in conjunction with KWS, Forestry and Fisheries Departments and Local Authorities, each of which has the right to nominate a trustee to the Board, as do local communities. In addition to its connection with East African Wildlife Society, the Kibodo Trust has links to the Tusk Trust in London and America.