The Programme
A WildInvest field programme is being developed in coordination with Dr. Dino Martins, a leading Kenyan entomologist. WildInvest will work with Dino (who will occupy an advisory role), and the local communities and farmers Dino works alongside, to learn more about how their land stewardship and farming practices offer extraordinary lessons in coexistence between people and planet.
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Kenya, Africa
Project locations
Kakamega Forest
Western Kenya
Arabuko Sokoke Forest
Kenyan Coast
About Dr. Dino Martins
Entomologist, ecologist, author.
"So much of what we are doing is trying to improve livelihoods. "
— DR. DINO MARTINS, IN CONVERSATION WITH WILDINVEST, 2026
Dr. Dino Martins is one of the most distinctive voices in Kenyan conservation. An entomologist by training, he has spent decades studying the intricate relationships between insects, pollinators, plants, farms, and the wider East African landscape. His work has helped re-centre the conservation conversation around the smallest creatures, and around the farming communities whose livelihoods most depend on them.
Dino Martins on LinkedIn
Published by Knopf (US) and HarperCollins (UK). Dino's exploration of the hidden world of parasites and their profound role in shaping life on Earth.
View on Penguin Random HousePublished Works · a field bibliography
- 2022Grasses of East Africa. Penguin Random House SA / Struik Nature.
- 2016Butterflies of East Africa. Struik Nature. With Steve Collins.
- 2015Insects of East Africa. Struik Nature.
- 2014Our Friends the Pollinators: A Handbook of Pollinator Diversity and Conservation in East Africa. Nature Kenya / East Africa Natural History Society.
