Their work has focused on capacity building "to conserve wildlife through sound science, local initiatives and good governance.
"[2], won the 2006 Equator Initiative Award for community-driven biodiversity-based business from the United Nations Development Programme.
According to the ACC's website, the organization's main goal is to protect East African biodiversity by implementing conservation solutions using skills and knowledge of both local communities and scientists.
The website also stresses the importance of these solutions accounting for the needs of indigenous people as well as the diverse environment which the ACC seeks to conserve.
In 2012, ACC collaborated with the South Rift Association of Landowners to create Kenya Rangeland Coalition.