The rangers of the Mt. Kenya wildlife trust work tirelessly to protect the area's forests and wildlife from illegal activities such as logging and poaching. Their mission is to protect this incredible ecosystem and educate local communities about the benefits of conserving the forests of Mt. Kenya.

World Wildlife Day will be celebrated in 2021 under the theme "Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet", as a way to highlight the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and forest-adjacent areas.

This film was shot by Joan Poggio for the UNEP Wild for Life campaign, as part of a series that includes personal stories of front line wildlife champions.

Watch the other two videos in the series here:
Bees - https://youtu.be/mrMLtMDx8sQ
Turtles - https://youtu.be/8bObR8Fh1Zw

The series has won an Accolade Award of Excellence for Awareness Raising and an Accolade Global Film Humanitarian Award. In 2021, it as been selected as a finalist in theJackson Wild Media Awards.

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