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Gender Differentiated Preferences for a Community-Based Conservation Initiative
Community-based conservation (CBC) aims to benefit local people as well as to achieve
conservation goals, but has been criticised for taking a simplistic view of “community” and
failing to recognise differences in the ...
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 ...
Meat and milk production scenarios and the associated land footprint in Kenya
Increasing demands for meat andmilk in developing countries and the associated production growth are driving the
expansion of agriculture at the expense of environmental conservation and other land uses. While considerab ...
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 ...
Length of Growing Period over Africa: Variability and Trends from 30 Years of NDVI Time Series
The spatial distribution of crops and farming systems in Africa is determined by the duration of the period during which crop and livestock water requirements are met. The length of growing period (LGP) is normally assessed ...
Urban consumption of meat and milk and its green and blue water footprints—Patterns in the 1980s and 2000s for Nairobi, Kenya
The problem: Various studies show that the developing world experiences and will continue to experience a rise
in consumption of animal proteins, particularly in cities, as a result of continued urbanization and income ...
The potential and uptake of remote sensing in insurance: A review
Global insurance markets are vast and diverse, and may offer many opportunities for remote sensing. To date, however, few operational applications of remote sensing for insurance exist. Papers claiming potential application ...
Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential for pastoral communities inhabiting. Kenyan Masailand to adapt to climate change using conservancies and payments for ecosystem services. Design/methodology/approach ...
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 ...
Assessing the impacts of livestock production on biodiversity in rangeland ecosystems
Biodiversity in rangelands is decreasing, due to intense utilization
for livestock production and conversion of rangeland into cropland;
yet the outlook of rangeland biodiversity has not been
considered in view of future ...