scholarly journals Community-Based Conservation: An Emerging Land Use at the Livestock-Wildlife Interface in Northern Kenya

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Mureithi ◽  
Ann Verdoodt ◽  
Jesse T. Njoka ◽  
Joseph S. Olesarioyo ◽  
Eric Van Ranst
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Northern Kenya ◽  
Community Based Conservation

The 2017 Shooting of Kuki Gallmann and the Politics of Conservation in Northern Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham R. Fox
Keyword(s):  
Community Based ◽  
Northern Kenya ◽  
Community Based Conservation

Abstract:This article situates the shooting of white Kenyan landowner Kuki Gallmann within recent critiques of community-based conservation and the politics of whiteness in Kenya. I discuss how conservation has enabled white landowners to consolidate their influence over Laikipia County, as well as neighboring regions of Kenya via an organization called the Northern Rangelands Trust. The NRT is feared to be undermining regional livestock economies, while contributing to land shortages that have precipitated violence in Laikipia. I argue that the pastoralists implicated in these conflicts are subject to a maelstrom of livelihood stressors, some of which are aggravated by the efforts of white Kenyans to expand conservation throughout northern Kenya.

Evaluating outcomes of community-based conservation on Kenyan group ranches with remote sensing

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID WILLIAMS ◽  
JAMES H. THORNE ◽  
DAUDI SUMBA ◽  
PHILIP MURUTHI ◽  
NATASHA GREGORY-MICHELMAN
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Landscape Conservation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Conservation

SUMMARYConservationists have adopted community-based conservation (CBC) strategies to support landscape conservation programmes in East Africa, and these projects often involve community development assistance in exchange for a commitment to dedicating a portion of community lands for conservation management. There is, however, a dearth of empirical evidence assessing the effectiveness of CBC conservation programmes. This paper uses sub-metre-resolution satellite imagery to measure land-use change on four Kenyan group ranches that had created CBCs. Each ranch underwent a common participatory planning process that established a land-use plan involving three management zones: conservation, livestock grazing and settlement/cultivation. Using a satellite image time series, we recorded threat-based development – anthropogenic modification of natural areas and the density of structures – for each ranch. We found that CBCs with tourism lodges were more effective at controlling development than the CBCs without a lodge, particularly in the conservation zones and, to a lesser degree, in the grazing zones. We conclude that our use of very-high-resolution satellite imagery offers conservationists a cost-effective, fast and replicable approach to measuring CBC land-use change and that CBC projects can lead to positive conservation results.

scholarly journals Costs of elephant crop depredation exceed the benefits of trophy hunting in a community‐based conservation area of Namibia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Drake ◽  
Jonathan Salerno ◽  
Ryan E. Langendorf ◽  
Lin Cassidy ◽  
Andrea E. Gaughan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Based ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Trophy Hunting ◽  
Community Based Conservation

scholarly journals Community-Based Conservation for the Sustainable Management of Conservation Conflicts: Learning from Practitioners

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7557
Author(s):  
Juliette Claire Young ◽  
Justine Shanti Alexander ◽  
Ajay Bijoor ◽  
Deepshikha Sharma ◽  
Abhijit Dutta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Strategic Support

We explore the role of community-based conservation (CBC) in the sustainable management of conservation conflicts by examining the experiences of conservation practitioners trying to address conflicts between snow leopard conservation and pastoralism in Asian mountains. Practitioner experiences are examined through the lens of the PARTNERS principles for CBC (Presence, Aptness, Respect, Transparency, Negotiation, Empathy, Responsiveness, and Strategic Support) that represent an inclusive conservation framework for effective and ethical engagement with local communities. Case studies from India, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Pakistan show that resilient relationships arising from respectful engagement and negotiation with local communities can provide a strong platform for robust conflict management. We highlight the heuristic value of documenting practitioner experiences in on-the-ground conflict management and community-based conservation efforts.

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