Protected and conserved areas in Kenya55 Kenya has 411 protected areas covering 72,545 km2 of land and 904 km2 of the ocean (UNEP-WCMC & IUCN (2019i).The post-independence government inherited four national parks and six game reserves, gazetted through a parliamentary process. In addition, there are quite a number of game reserves that are under the management of local authorities. There also a host of privately or/and communally owned wildlife conservancies.
Subsequently the numbers of the parks and reserves have greatly increased.