In the expansive arid Samburu county, where scorching droughts have long decimated livestock and pushed wildlife to the brink, pastoralists are turning to a remarkable solution. Through innovative herd bunching and rotational grazing, they are zoning their vast pastures to allow the land to recover , preventing overgrazing, restoring forests, and using cow dung from communal sheds to heal eroded gullies and bind barren soil. But these efforts are not just about saving herds from famine, they are also reviving habitats for the endangered de brazza’s monkey, the elusive blue-faced wonder found only in Samburu.
