African Elephant Conservation Research Foundation (AECRF)

African Elephant Conservation Research Foundation is a Kenya registered NGO founded in 2022. We are dedicated to protecting and conserving the Tsavo elephant population, their habitat and other wildlife by providing scientific data to Kenya wildlife authorities for the formulation of management strategies.

Mission Statement

To preserve the biodiversity of the Tsavo

Conservation Area to benefit wildlife and the local

community. The three key objectives of the foundation

are to:  Conserve the habitat, conserve and protect

the Tsavo elephant population and engage the local

community in habitat and wildlife conservation that

will benefit elephants and humans.

Our goal is conservation through research in the Tsavo Conservation Area, which is the largest protected area in Kenya and home to the largest elephant population in the country. The Tsavo elephant population is faced with numerous threats which include habitat loss, poaching, human activity, conflict and climate change.  Long-term data collected by Tsavo Elephant Research is used to monitor changes in the habitat, trends in elephant behavioral-ecology and the effects of climate change.