Wildlife and Livestock Population Trends in the Kenya Rangeland

Ottichilo, Wilber K.; Grunblatt, Jesse; Said, Mohammed Yahya; Wargute, Patrick W.

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-4012-6_10

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“…The switch is also a trend mirrored in other pastoral areas (e.g. Ottichilo et al 2000). The diversification of herds is thus an important strategy that pastoralists use to manage and cope with risk presented by a variable climate and to reduce their vulnerability to recurrent droughts.…”

Section: Livestock Trendsmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Mean annual rainfall increases from the drier south-east (877 mm/year) to the wetter north-west (1,341 mm/year) . In recent decades, the Mara has experienced recurrent droughts, with particularly severe rainfall deficits occurring in 1984, 1993, 1999to 2000, 2005(Ogutu et al 2008a2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Livestock and wildlife trends in the Mara are well documented, with many analyses using the DRSRS aerial survey data (Bhola et al 2012;Broten and Said 1995;Ogutu et al 2011;Ottichilo et al 2000). This analysis is the first attempt to look at livestock trends directly in Sales of other livestock products, such as hides and skins, were sporadic and not captured here.…”

Section: Livestock Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Trade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya

Bedelian

Ogutu

2017

Pastoralism

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Pastoralists in the wildlife-rich East African rangelands use diversification into conservation and tourism as a strategy to supplement livestock-based livelihoods and to spread risk. Tourism incomes are an important alternative source during drought, when livestock incomes decline. However, tourism may also reduce access to rangeland resources, and an abundant wildlife may destroy crops and injure, kill or transmit disease to livestock or people. This paper investigates the ability of wildlife conservancies in the Mara, Kenya, to act as an alternative for pastoralists that mitigates risks and maintains resilience in a changing climate. It analyses data to examine how conservancies contribute to and integrate with pastoral livelihoods, and to understand how pastoralists are managing their livestock herds in response to conservancies. It finds conservancy payments can provide an important, reliable, all-year-round source of income and prevent households from selling their animals during stress and for cash needs. Conservancies also retain grass banks during the dry season and provide opportunities for pastoralists to access good-quality forage. However, they reduce access to large areas of former grazing land and impose restrictions on livestock mobility. This affects the ability of pastoralists to remain flexible and able to access seasonally variable resources. Conflicts between grazing and conservancies may also heighten during drought times. Furthermore, income from land leases is not more than the contribution of livestock, meaning conservancy land leases create trade-offs for livestock-based livelihoods. Also, income is based on land ownership, which has inequity implications: women and other marginalised groups are left out.

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Section: Livestock Trendsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Study Areamentioning

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Section: Livestock Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Trade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya

Bedelian

Ogutu

2017

Pastoralism

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“…In the 1990s steep declines were recorded in Nairobi, Nakuru, and Amboseli National Parks. In areas adjacent to protected areas, wildlife declined sharply around Tsavo National Park and the Masai Mara National Reserve ; see also Ottichilo et al, 2000;Homewood et al, 2001;Thompson and Homewood, 2002).…”

Section: Kenya's Ewaso Ecosystemmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The persistence of wildlife is important for the persistence of Kenya's primary industry, tourism (Ottichilo et al, 2000). Human populations continue to grow, resulting in the movement of people from densely populated areas to Kenya's rangelands to practice subsistence livestock farming, where they overlap with the majority of the country's wildlife (Ottichilo et al, 2000).…”

Section: Conservation Challenges In Kenyamentioning

confidence: 99%