Fredrick Kioko Kilonzo

Background
Fredrick Kioko Kilonzo is a Kenyan conservation practitioner and the Founder and Species & Sites Programme Manager of NatureHub Collective Community Organisation, a community-based conservation Organisation operating across coastal Kenya, the Taita Hills, Laikipia, Kajiado County, and Mount Kenya. He is a recipient of the TIAW World of Difference Award 2025, the Marion Paviour Award 2024 from the Hawk Conservancy Trust, and the Commonwealth Youth Awards 2025 Africa Regional Finalist for SDG 15: Life on Land.

Research
During his fellowship at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, Fredrick is working at the intersection of community-based conservation, biodiversity monitoring technology, and conservation enterprise development. His work focuses on strengthening evidence-based frameworks for community-led ecosystem restoration in East Africa, drawing on NatureHub's flagship mangrove restoration programme at Mtwapa Creek — where over 136,000 mangroves have been planted in partnership with coastal women's groups — as well as critically endangered species conservation in the Taita Hills, elephant anti-poaching work in Amboseli, and vulture conservation in Laikipia. He is also developing Mazingira360 (mazingira360.com), an open-source geospatial monitoring platform enabling real-time GPS-tagged field data collection, biodiversity documentation, and transparent funder reporting by community teams. The fellowship provides an opportunity to deepen the scientific rigour underpinning NatureHub's field programmes and to build long-term research partnerships that translate Oxford-based conservation science into on-the-ground impact across Kenya.

Publications
Kilonzo, F.K. & Kilonzo, J.M. (2026). Community-led conservation for the Taita Hills Warty Frog: Save The Frogs Day 2026 in Kenya. AmphiBios, Issue 2. https://amphibios.app/articles/taita-warty-frog-kenya

Conference presentations: 18th Annual Save The Frogs Day Global Event (April 2026): "Amphibian Conservation in Taita Hills, Kenya."

Technical reports submitted to the Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund, Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund, Greenville Zoo, Hawk Conservancy Trust, Conservation Nation, Ceiba Foundation, GiftTrees UK, Zoo Miami, CBOT/Brookfield Zoo Chicago, New Humanity/MundellEarth, SAVE THE FROGS!, and YLACES (available upon request).