Guiding principles
The four guiding principles for the Community Outreach and Partnership Programme are:
  • Preserving and enhancing the role of the MMNR as the “Jewel in the Crown” of Kenya’s tourism, and a major cultural heritage of the Maasai people
  • Building a strong partnership and collaboration between communities and MMNR management in achieving conservation aims
  • Enhancing community benefits from the MMNR and reducing the costs of conservation to communities in the Greater Mara Ecosystem
  • Promoting conservation-compatible and appropriate land-use and livelihoods in the Greater Mara Ecosystem