Expanding Staff Voice in Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments within Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve

Allen, Lawrence R.; Holland, Katie Krafte; Holland, Hunter; Tome, Salaton; Nabaala, Moriaso; Seno, Simon; Nampushi, James

doi:10.1007/s00267-018-1122-6

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“…Moreover, the PA management is advised to foster and make use of traditional ecological knowledge, and even consider subsidy systems to support traditional communities, if necessary (Babai and Molnár 2014;Biró et al 2014). To improve the effectiveness of PA management, stronger emphasis should also be put on park/reserve staff voice and collecting data at all organizational levels (Allen et al 2019).…”

Section: The Importance Of Participatory Planning In Protected Area Managementmentioning

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Mitigating the Pressures: The Role of Participatory Planning in Protected Area Management

Pivčević

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Krešić

2021

Mediterranean Protected Areas in the Era of Overtourism

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This chapter aims to contribute to the knowledge on participatory planning (PP) in the protected area (PA) management focusing on areas whose sustainability is significantly affected by excessive tourism activity. The existing literature has shown PP to be both crucial for successful PA management as well as one of the weaker links in current PA management processes. However, the analysis of PPs key features and their implementation in the PAs are not adequately covered in the literature. Thus, this chapter analyses the role and critical elements of successful PP process in PA using the case studies of two Croatian national parks (NP) that have been under significant visitor pressure over the past years . Based on several criteria devised through a critical review of PP literature, an assessment of PP models in two NP is performed, and critical points requiring improvements identified.

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Section: The Importance Of Participatory Planning In Protected Area Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mitigating the Pressures: The Role of Participatory Planning in Protected Area Management

Pivčević

Mikulić

Krešić

2021

Mediterranean Protected Areas in the Era of Overtourism

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“…The VBMF provides a two-way process to prioritise and communicate decisions. To develop clear adaptive management objectives that accurately address the needs and concerns of a protected area, data and knowledge are required from all levels of staff, particularly those with direct understanding of a park's issues (Allen et al, 2019). The VBMF provides a means for transfer of that knowledge, comments received from rangers included: "My gut was telling me what we were doing was not what we should be doing, VBMF is strong, you can make a much better argument for where you should be putting your resources" b , "it gives us better transparency and not going on ranger intuition or experience" a , and "[it gives us the] ability to succinctly communicate our management actions" b .…”

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Land-use change, globalisation and climate change are rapidly altering wildlife-livestock-human interfaces, increasing the rate of disease emergence and spread. To combat these risks, land managers and policymakers at all scales are increasingly aligning their activities with the One Health framework: "an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimise the health of people, animals, and ecosystems". One Health policy should explicitly incorporate protected and conserved areas (PCAs), because PCAs are widespread and important wildlifelivestock-human interfaces. PCAs vary in their priorities, resources, disease risks and other challenges, so there is an urgent need for research, funding and support that will allow PCA managers and planners to implement contextspecific actions for minimising, mediating and monitoring infectious disease risks. This will require collaborations between health and environment ministries and PCA managers of all kinds. Therefore, IUCN WCPA has established a two-year Task Force on Protected Areas and One Health. Following careful evaluation, the Task Force will make recommendations regarding how WCPA and PCA managers can maintain or improve efforts to integrate One Health, and how One Health policy can better incorporate PCAs -both urgent needs for reducing the spread of pathogens among wildlife, domestic animals, and people.

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“…The Reserve (1510 km 2 [34]) constitutes the northernmost portion of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. The Reserve consists primarily of open, rolling grassland with small patches of riparian vegetation along rivers and seasonal watercourses.…”

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Mapping Kenyan Grassland Heights Across Large Spatial Scales with Combined Optical and Radar Satellite Imagery

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Grassland monitoring can be challenging because it is time-consuming and expensive to measure grass condition at large spatial scales. Remote sensing offers a time- and cost-effective method for mapping and monitoring grassland condition at both large spatial extents and fine temporal resolutions. Combinations of remotely sensed optical and radar imagery are particularly promising because together they can measure differences in moisture, structure, and reflectance among land cover types. We combined multi-date radar (PALSAR-2 and Sentinel-1) and optical (Sentinel-2) imagery with field data and visual interpretation of aerial imagery to classify land cover in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya using machine learning (Random Forests). This study area comprises a diverse array of land cover types and changes over time due to seasonal changes in precipitation, seasonal movements of large herds of resident and migratory ungulates, fires, and livestock grazing. We classified twelve land cover types with user’s and producer’s accuracies ranging from 66%–100% and an overall accuracy of 86%. These methods were able to distinguish among short, medium, and tall grass cover at user’s accuracies of 83%, 82%, and 85%, respectively. By yielding a highly accurate, fine-resolution map that distinguishes among grasses of different heights, this work not only outlines a viable method for future grassland mapping efforts but also will help inform local management decisions and research in the Masai Mara National Reserve.

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Expanding Staff Voice in Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments within Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve

Cited by 14 publications

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Mitigating the Pressures: The Role of Participatory Planning in Protected Area Management

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Mapping Kenyan Grassland Heights Across Large Spatial Scales with Combined Optical and Radar Satellite Imagery

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