Bridging Traditional Knowledge and Conservation Governance

Traditional Ecosystems Survival Tanzania (TEST) is an Indigenous-led NGO established in 2019 with a mission to facilitate effective collaborations that reduce conflict, improve natural resource management, and enhance the sustainable wellbeing of local people, livestock and wildlife in Tanzania’s natural ecosystems.

TEST is deeply integrated in the Maasai communities of Northern Tanzania - with all the leadership team and staff being Maasai themselves, they place value on the rich and diverse knowledge of their ancestors and elders and hold a profound understanding of traditional ecological knowledge alongside the region’s challenges and opportunities. Through collaborative research, they bridge the gap between Indigenous and scientific worlds of conservation.