Profile

Maurine Nduati

Partnership, Engagement & Gender Officer
Taita Taveta Wildlife Conservancies Association (TTWCA)

Maurine Nduati is a conservation and community development practitioner with extensive experience supporting community-led conservancies across Kenya. She works with the Taita Taveta Wildlife Conservancies Association, where she focuses on strengthening governance systems, fostering meaningful partnership engagement, and supporting communities to develop long-lasting partnerships that position them as leaders rather than an afterthought. Maurine is passionate about ensuring that local communities are at the center of conservation investments, recognizing their critical role in safeguarding biodiversity while improving livelihoods. Her work emphasizes building long-term stewardship models that align ecological sustainability with economic resilience. She brings practical insights on the intersection of community ownership, conservation finance, and tourism, advocating for approaches that make wildlife economies equitable, bankable,sustainable and regenerative.