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Extreme Wildlife Declines and Concurrent Increase in Livestock Numbers in Kenya: What Are the Causes?
There is growing evidence of escalating wildlife losses worldwide. Extreme wildlife losses
have recently been documented for large parts of Africa, including western, Central and
Eastern Africa. Here, we report extreme ...
Spatial planning: Making space for livestock and wildlife
Ecosystem‐based planning seeks to identify and understand the important ecological characteristics of a landscape or region, and then use this information to design plans that guide the development of ecologically‐responsible ...
Participatory mapping of livestock routes in Samburu county, Kenya
In November 2014, a workshop was held in Samburu, Kenya, to carry out an exercise on participatory mapping
of livestock routes in the county. This workshop attracted 54 participants representing different stakeholders
including ...
Antibodies against MERS Coronavirus in Dromedary Camels, Kenya, 1992–2013
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV)
was discovered in a patient from Saudi Arabia
in 2012 and has since caused ≥250 human infections and
93 deaths (1). The evolutionary origins of MERS-CoV and
related ...
Spatial variation in the willingness to accept payment for conservation of a migratory wildlife corridor in the Athi-‐Kaputiei Plains, Kenya.
Payments
for
ecosystem
services
(PES)
are
increasingly
being
used
as
a
tool
to
promote
sustainable
ecosystem
services.
The
success
of
PES
depends
on
the
willingness
of
target
landowners
to
accept
the
payments.
In
particu ...
Trends and spatial variation in water and land footprints of meat and milk production systems in Kenya
Global consumption of livestock products is increasing steadily due to human population growth, poverty
reduction and dietary changes raising the demand for already scarce freshwater and land resources. Here,
we analyze ...
Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya - Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands
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populations and associated pressure on water and land. Based on a combination of social and natural science
methods, we studied a 30-year transformation process from pastoralism to a livestock-based agro-pastoral system
in ...
Effects of extreme land fragmentation on wildlife and livestock population abundance and distribution
tFragmentation, degradation and loss of natural habitats are now recognised as major threats to wildlifeconservation and mobile pastoralism in East African savannas. These processes are driven primarily byland tenure and ...
Review of Community Conservancies in Kenya
Presentation of Review of Community Conservancies in Kenya
Herbivore Dynamics and Range Contraction in Kajiado County Kenya: Climate and Land Use Changes, Population Pressures, Governance, Policy and Human-wildlife Conflicts
Wildlife populations are declining severely in many protected areas and unprotected pastoral areas of Africa.
Rapid large-scale land use changes, poaching, climate change, rising population pressures, governance, policy, ...