Business Consulting Short Case Studies Business Consulting Conservation Capital offers the following services within our Business Consulting advisory division: Core Competence: • Conservation Area Business Planning Supporting Disciplines: • Private Sector Partnerships • Commercial Revenue Scoping • Tendering & Concession Management • Developing Conservation Businesses • Organisational Strategy Development • Sector-Wide Strategy Development KEY TO SYMBOLS Tourism Residential Housing Agriculture Bio-products Livestock Public Sector Engagement Fisheries Private Sector Engagement Forestry Local Community Engagement Sport Hunting Core: Conservation Area Business Planning 1 Amapá State, Amazonia (Brazil) Supported a private investor to develop a conservation area business plan for a multi-revenue conservation enterprise – including non-timber forest products and eco-tourism – to contribute to restoration of one of the world’s most important connected rainforest landscapes. 2 Borana Conservancy (Kenya) As a co-founder of the Borana Conservancy, developed its first ranch-to-conservancy conservation area business plan. Borana is Kenya’s newest rhino sanctuary operating an innovatively structured commercial model focusing on integrated tourism, livestock, agriculture and residential development. 3 Chuilexi Conservancy (Mozambique) In support of Flora and Fauna International, we designed, planned and secured one of the largest private sector tourism holdings in Africa. Operating today as Chuilexi Conservancy, we provide strategic and management oversight to this 1.4 million-acre wilderness set within Niassa National Reserve. 4 Dundreggan Reserve (Scotland) On behalf of Trees for Life, developed a conservation area business plan to finance ecosystem restoration in the Highlands of Scotland, featuring a range of nature-based businesses and recommendations for management cost efficiencies. Core: Conservation Area Business Planning 5 Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe) We carried out business planning for Frankfurt Zoological Society on the 1.2 million-acre Gonarezhou National Park, forming the operating framework for a subsequent public-private management arrangement over this Park. 6 Ingwizi Wildlife Conservancy (Zimbabwe) Supported the African Wildlife Foundation to develop a business model for Zimbabwe’s first indigenous-owned wildlife conservancy, where former livestock farms will be converted to wildlife habitat with funding from nature-based businesses. 7 Kilombero Nature Reserve (Tanzania) Supported the African Wildlife Foundation to develop a business plan for low-impact agriculture, sustainable forestry and nature tourism helping to support conservation of East Africa’s largest wetlands and the rich biodiversity of the Udzungwa Mountains. 8 Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Kenya) Board representation for 7 years of this world-renowned 55,000-acre wildlife conservancy based in North Kenya. Lewa has become one of Africa’s benchmark private sector organisations for wildlife management, rare species conservation and conservation-based community development. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) acquired Lewa in 2010. Core: Conservation Area Business Planning 9 Loisaba (Kenya) Development of the first conservation area business plan for Loisaba - a pioneering 60,000- acre commercial, integrated wildlife–livestock conservancy model, paving the way for the development of multiple ranch-to-rewilded-conservancy projects across Laikipia’s Ewaso ecosystem and beyond. 10 Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (Kenya) We conducted a thorough assessment of the financial sustainability of multiple conservancies in the Maasai Mara, resulting in concrete recommendations (now adopted) for fee generation and revenue diversification. 11 Mara Conservancy (Kenya) As a co-founder of the Mara Conservancy, lead responsibility for developing its first conservation area business plan - the first ever example of a public-private partnership for the management of a national protected area in Kenya, and more than 15 years on, a leading example of conservation area management in East Africa. 12 North Luangwa National Park (Zambia) On behalf of Frankfurt Zoological Society, led a business planning process, linked to the development of a new General Management Plan, designed to expand tourism operations and concessions significantly in Zambia’s iconic North Luangwa National Park, and consequently to cement the Park’s pivotal role in the wider 21,000 km² North Luangwa ecosystem. Core: Conservation Area Business Planning 13 Okapi Faunal Reserve (DR Congo) Developed a conservation area business plan on behalf of Wildlife Conservation Society for the 13,000 km² Okapi Faunal Reserve, a pivotal part of the wider Ituri landscape that makes up the northern Congo forest. 14 Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Kenya) As a co-founder of Ol Pejeta Conservancy and its first chair, developed its first ranch-to- conservancy conservation area business plan. The conservancy is now an IUCN recognised, award-winning commercial enterprise-driven conservancy in central Kenya welcoming 80,000 visitors per year and home to the largest black rhino population in East Africa. 15 Save Valley Conservancy (Zimbabwe) Supported the African Wildlife Foundation and one of Africa’s most successful black rhino conservancies to develop a revised corporate ownership structure and operating model, accommodating new indigenisation laws and including local communities in conservancy ownership and benefits. St Georghe Community Conservancy 16 (Romania) Based on our experiences with community conservancies in Africa, supported Rewilding Europe to work with a community in the Danube Delta and a Bucharest-based legal firm to plan what would be the first wildlife conservancy of its type in Romania. Core: Conservation Area Business Planning 17 Wolf Mountains (Central Europe) On behalf of Frankfurt Zoological Society, led a collaborative business planning exercise for this evolving conservation area stretching across the borders of Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine, one of Central Europe’s largest remaining unspoilt natural ecosystems and set to become a leading nature and wildlife tourism destination. Commercial Revenue Scoping 1 Amazonia (Brazil) Conducted a rapid assessment of current and possible commercial revenue opportunities – including non-timber forest products and eco-tourism – within one of the world’s most important connected rainforest landscapes in Amapá State in Brazil. 2 Carpathian Mountains (Romania) Developed a series of business plans for nature-based enterprises in and around the Carpathia Reserve, widely regarded as Europe’s most ambitious ecosystem restoration project. Focused on a combination of nature tourism, biomass and non-timber forest products businesses. 3 Carpathian National Parks (Ukraine) Carried out a scoping exercise on behalf of Frankfurt Zoological Society to inform development of conservation businesses across 9 national parks in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine. Primary focus on nature tourism, sustainable commercial timber and non-timber forest products. 4 Grumeti Reserves (Tanzania) Provided recommendations on the institutional arrangements for the Grumeti Reserves on behalf of the Singita Grumeti Fund, twinned with an assessment of current and potential tourism development opportunities across these reserves, a 350,000-acre mosaic of state, community and private land on the border of the legendary Serengeti National Park. Commercial Revenue Scoping 5 Laikipia Conservancies (Kenya) With a deep historical involvement in establishing the leading conservancies on the Laikipia Plateau, we are outlining a collaborative framework for five contiguous conservancies to maximise their enterprise potential and long-term conservation footprint across 300,000 acres. 6 Summit To Sea (Wales) Across 20,000 hectares from the summit of Pumlumon down to Cardigan Bay, we are helping Rewilding Britain to design a partnership of multiple stakeholders to restore habitats, ecosystems and wildlife. This has contributed to an application for €4 million of funding for restoration and nature-based business development. Private Sector Partnerships 1 Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe) We provided detailed structural design and input to an innovative new public-private partnership model between the Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife Management Authority and Frankfurt Zoological Society over the 1.2 million-acre Gonarezhou National Park. 2 Grumeti Reserves (Tanzania) We reviewed the current institutional arrangement over Grumeti Reserves, a 350,000-acre mosaic of state, community and private land on the border of Serengeti National Park and designed a potential public private partnership model between Singita Grumeti Fund and the Tanzanian Wildlife Authority (now under negotiation). 3 Kashikoto Conservancy (Zambia) We are supporting a new private initiative, the 130,000-acre Kashikoto Conservancy, situated on the border of Kafue National Park with technical design and advice around multiple partnership arrangements, including government, local communities and other private sector partners. 4 Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies (Kenya) We have been instrumental in the design and development of Greater Mara Management Limited, a single management entity representing a series of local community-based conservancies and constituent tourism operators across critical wildlife corridors bordering the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Private Sector Partnerships 5 Mara Conservancy (Kenya) Co-founded the Mara Conservancy - the first ever