Maliasili Initiatives

Maliasili’s 2025 strategic plan describes an ambitious growth trajectory focused on tripling our portfolio of partners, expanding our geographic reach, and catalyzing a new generation of African conservation leadership. We are a dynamic and innovative organization taking a different approach to driving locally-led conservation impact in Africa. Since its founding over a decade ago, Maliasili has built a portfolio of more than 40 partners working across over 35 million hectares of critical landscapes and ecosystems in 13 countries. We have helped our partners generate or leverage more than $15 million in funding for their work, developed a growing set of tools to help improve their organizational performance, and supported many of our partners to grow their impacts in the field significantly. Our partner portfolio includes outstanding local and national organizations at the forefront of wildlife conservation, land restoration, and coastal fisheries. Our partners are pioneering conservation approaches grounded in community and indigenous land rights, generating economic opportunities from nature-based businesses, and restoring ecosystems across many of Africa’s most important landscapes.