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Climate Positive Safaris2024-02-29T09:25:43+00:00
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We are proud to be a climate positive safari company

Being climate positive means that we reduce our emissions as much as we can and then count what we can’t reduce yet so we can purchase carbon credits to counterbalance this usage. We do this through registered carbon offsetting schemes in Kenya, all of which restore and protect important wildlife habitats. A carbon credit represents the right to emit a measured amount of greenhouse gases to counterbalance emissions. In an ideal world, we would have zero emissions. We are not quite there yet, but it is something we feel passionate about working towards in the future.

We care deeply about conservation and communities in Kenya. That’s why we choose innovative and impactful initiatives to off-set our carbon emissions with.

Learn more about the ground-breaking projects we support which are helping to conserve Kenya’s forests and contribute positively to community development.

CARBON OFF-SETTING

Planting trees has mind-blowing potential to help our planet. By absorbing and storing carbon dioxide, every living tree plays its part in helping to reduce carbon emissions which are driving global warming. What’s more, trees boost wildlife, stabilise water supplies and are one of the easiest and most accessible ways for everyone to make a difference. An indigenous tree can absorb an estimated 300kgs of C02 from the atmosphere throughout its lifetime and provides life to an entire ecosystem of wildlife.

ROOTS AND SHOOTS @ SALA’S CAMP

Our Roots and Shoots programme is part of our carbon reduction and reforesting schemes. This green initiative enables guests to become the guardians of indigenous tree seedlings. Tree guardians can plant their own seedling and we nurture it on their behalf. We promise to safeguard each seedling so that it thrives, making a positive impact on our planet. It is one of our many Footprint foundation initiatives which unites sustainable tourism with conservation and community. Through our Roots and Shoots programme it is possible to become the guardian of an indigenous tree at Sala’s Camp in the Masai Mara.

TREE PLANTING @ SASAAB

Every year The Safari Collection plants trees to offset its carbon footprint. The location where we plant varies each year, but we always plant indigenous Kenyan species in a carefully chosen area which supports vital water catchments and where indigenous forests are in need of reforestation and protection.

Since 2019, Sasaab has become our first fully carbon negative lodge. It plants enough trees to absorb more carbon dioxide than the lodge and all its activities produce, making it a climate positive property.

By the end of 2020, the rest of the company will be carbon negative and climate positive too. We are nearly there!

2021 – ACES MIKOKO PAMOJA PROJECT

The Association for Coastal Ecosystem Services (ACES) Mikoko Pamoja Project, is a community-based organisation on the south Kenyan coast. This is the first project of its kind to fund mangrove conservation through the sale of carbon credits. Mangrove forests and seagrass meadows can lock away up to ten times more carbon than ordinary forests, making them invaluable tools in mitigating climate change, not to mention being some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. ‘Mikoko Pamoja’ means ‘mangroves together’ and income generated from these mangrove carbon credits is directly funding community development. So far, over 4,000 people have gained access to safe water and local schools have benefitted.

2020 – WILDLIFE WORKS – KASIGAU CORRIDOR REDD PROJECT

The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project is focused on a vital wildlife habitat connecting Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks. It comprises of over 500,000 acres of forest and is home to thousands of species including endangered mammals such as lion, cheetah, Grevy’s zebra and wild dog. The whole area is under threat from the unsustainable destruction of forest for agriculture, as well as illegal poaching and logging. This project has helped put a stop to that. Through money generated from the sale of carbon credits, the initiative has brought jobs and income to over 100,000 people whilst mitigating carbon emissions and restoring the forest.

OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN

Carbon credits are but one step on our journey as we aim to become a completely carbon free company. We still have much work to do and we hope you will join us as we strive to reduce our negative impact on the environment as much as we can. That’s why The Safari Collection has signed up to Tourism Declares, a global grassroots movement which is uniting the tourism industry to take purposeful action against climate change. As part of our declaration, we have created a Climate Action Plan which outlines our company commitment to reducing our emissions as well as offsetting them through registered carbon offsetting schemes in Kenya.

YOUR IMPACT

Just by staying at our properties, each guest helps conserve Kenya’s wild landscapes, look after its wildlife and make a positive impact on peoples’ lives. See how your stay has contributed.

GIRAFFE MANOR

SASAAB

SOLIO LODGE

SALA’S CAMP

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