Game cropping and wildlife conservation in Kenya: A dynamic simulation model with adaptive control

Kooten, G. Cornelis van; Bulte, Erwin; Kinyua, P. I. D.

doi:10.1016/s0308-521x(96)00099-6

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“…Furthermore, market incentives could result in the intensification of even extensive ranching, through hormones, sterilization, and breeding (S5, RU2, RU5; Knox et al, 1991 ; Mulley et al, 1996 ). All of these would have widespread impacts on ecosystem functionality and biodiversity conservation (O2; Richardson, 1998 ; van Kooten et al, 1997 ). These focal action situations do not necessarily fit the ecosystem-based approach to conservation that Kenya currently aspires to in the Wildlife Act.…”

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“…During the previous wildlife cropping program in Kenya, quota setting was a major problem. Several methods were used to count wildlife; there were disputes about who should conduct the censuses (I4); there was a lack of scientific basis for setting and allocating quotas (I1); there was little enforcement of quotas (see below, van Kooten et al, 1997 ; Tasha Bioservices, 2001 ). Subsequent evaluations of the previous wildlife cropping program found that in Laikipia County, when incorporating environmental variability (RS7), wildlife counts (RU5) and demographic parameters (RU2), the approved quota (I1) of 15% of the population was not sustainable ( Georgiadis et al, 2003 ).…”

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Incorporating social-ecological complexities into conservation policy

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In the process of developing new conservation policies, policymakers must have access to information which will inform their decisions. Evidence rarely considers the complexities of social-ecological systems. The Social-Ecological Systems Framework (SESF) is an adaptable yet structured approach for understanding the processes that lead to changes in natural resources, using a systems-based approach that aims to treat ecological and social components equally. Few conservation planning and policy initiatives have implemented the SESF to assess the interlinked social and ecological consequences of conservation policies. We apply the SESF to explore the barriers to the potential implementation of a policy of consumptive utilisation of wildlife in Kenya, a policy regarded as successful in several southern African countries. Using secondary data and expert review we developed a conceptual model of the social-ecological system associated with consumptive utilisation of wildlife in Kenya. We then analysed how different combinations of first and second-tier variables interacted to create focal action situations, and subsequently identified seven barriers to this policy. Our analysis revealed that game ranching would require large-scale investment in effective monitoring systems, new regulations, training, market development and research, considerations about equity, and devolved ownership of wildlife. The least barriers existed for game farming. The SESF appears to be a useful framework for this purpose. In particular, it can help to reveal potential social and ecological barriers which conservation policies might face in attempting to meet intended goals. The information required to implement the SESF are necessarily cross-disciplinary, which can make it challenging to synthesise.

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Incorporating social-ecological complexities into conservation policy

Brehony

Tyrrell

Kamanga³

et al. 2020

Biological Conservation

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“…The single species approach (but see Hearne, Lamberson, & Goodman, 1996;van Kooten, Bulte, & Kinyua, 1997) has been used in this case, because the elephants are the main conservation objective of the MER. The benefits derived from the MER are expected to come from both non-consumptive use (game-viewing) and consumptive use (hunting).…”

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