Conservation Kafue, Zambia
Tyrone McKeith & Phil Jeffery founded Musekese Conservation in 2018 in response to a sharp increase in poaching in the North-Eastern sector of the Kafue NP.
In the meantime, African Parks has taken over the management of the entire Kafue National Park, which is very good news.
In the past, through their safari company Jeffery & McKeith, they had always supported the authorities and other organisations as and where they could but it became increasingly apparent that small, in-kind support was simply not enough despite the numerous organisations in and around Zambia.
They therefore set out to establish Musekese Conservation with the support and endorsement of the government and local authorities. This enabled them to train and equip two full time anti-poaching teams stationed permanently at their base in Kafue National Park.
2022 heralded the start of a new era for Kafue National Park, as on the back of the 18-month Priority Support Plan, African Parks signed the long-awaited 20-year collaborative management agreement with the Government of the Republic of Zambia and DNPW.
Accordingly, at the request of and in collaboration with African Parks/GKLL, all MC patrol teams shall cease operations within Kafue National Park as of the 1st of March 2023.
Year 2023
2023 - Anti Poaching, Kafue, Zambia - donation of USD 20,000
2022 heralded the start of a new era for Kafue National Park, as on the back of the 18-month Priority Support Plan, African Parks signed the long-awaited 20-year collaborative management agreement with the Government of the Republic of Zambia and DNPW.
Year 2022
2022 - Anti Poaching, Kafue, Zambia - donation of USD 20,000Zambia's economy began to show signs of recovery in 2021 despite the global health and economic traumas of 2020. International travel and trade networks and associated tourism activities recovered gradually, a welcome relief to Musekese Conservation.
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Tyrone McKeith & Phil Jeffery - Musekese Conservation
Tyrone McKeith & Phil Jeffery founded Musekese Conservation in 2018 in response to a sharp increase in poaching in the North-Eastern sector of the Kafue NP.
Both Phil & Tyrone are graduates of the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology (DICE) and together have over two decades of experience working in KNP in many different capacities, from guide training and lodge management to working with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife in developing the current Park Management Plans.
Phil has grown up in Zambia and is following in the footsteps of his father, a wildlife biologist who has spent many years working in the wildlife and conservation fields in Zambia and the region. Phil spent the first few years of his life growing up in the Luangwa Valley and is a keen amateur photographer and private pilot.
Tyrone has been coming to Zambia since he was a child and now calls this wonderful country home. Tyrone is also a keen photographer and naturalist, often delivering talks about wildlife and conservation.
