Thirty times more room to roam: Kenya's black rhinos get a vast new range

For about 150 black rhinos in Tsavo West, home just got much bigger. Kenya's rhino range expansion programme, working with the Kenya Wildlife Service, landowners and nearby communities, has grown the sanctuary's available habitat from 92 to 3,200 square kilometres — room that eases crowding, helps breeding and gives a critically endangered animal space to recover. Rangers — more than 100 deployed — back the expansion with new housing, water points and fencing, and teams have fitted transmitters to track individual rhinos. Partners link the work to Kenya's national rhino recovery plan, which aims for 5% yearly population growth, and estimate the wider effort could add about $45 million in economic activity through jobs and tourism.

SDG 15 · Life on land — Mechanism: institutional program