The article describes how the Mara Ripoi Conservancy was set up in 2023.

“For the last three years, there were no tourists here,” explains Jimmy Lemara, a former guide who now manages Porini Giraffe camp, in the north of Ripoi.

“Pastoralists from surrounding settlements grazed the land while it was empty, causing some disruption to wildlife, but slowly the animals are starting to come back now landowners have agreed to minimise their activity.”