Nairobi National Park Management Plan, 2020-2030
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)
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Abstract: This 10-year management plan for the Nairobi National Park (NNP) is not an entirely new plan. It is a rewritten plan that carries forward the existing policy direction for the ecological integrity of (NNP) and incorporates new content relating to visitor experience and public appreciation and understanding contained in the previous approved NNP Management Plan (2005-2010). The current review of the NNP Management Plan (2005-2010) provided an opportunity to build on a strong foundation of policy direction while aligning the plan with the KWS Protected Areas Planning Framework (PAPF)1 and KWS Strategic Plan 2019-2024. In line with the PAPF and the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013, the NNP plan has been developed in a participatory manner, incorporating and building on ideas from a broad cross-section of NNP stakeholders. The NNP plan is designed as a practical management tool supporting NNP management in carrying out their duties. In order to achieve this, the plan sets out strategic guidance on the goals (the purpose statements and subsidiary objectives) towards which management is working, and a series of prescriptions and management actions that need to be implemented in order to achieve these aims. The plan builds on the previous NNP Management Plan 2005-2010 and the recently developed Nairobi National Park Experience Masterplan, where relevant aspects of these plans were adopted as appropriate. The NNP plan structure is set out according to the PAPF specifications, and aims to ensure the plan can be easily understood by stakeholders and implemented by NNP management. At the heart of the plan are the zonation scheme and the plan’s five management programmes. These programmes are: Ecological Management Programme , Tourism Development and Management Programme, Community Partnership and Conservation Education Programme, Security Management Programme and Park Operations Management Programme.