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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationOverseas Development Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity College Londonen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversität Hohenheimen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorEconomic and Social Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorNatural Environment Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen_US
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorInternational Development Research Centreen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierClaire Bedelian: 0000-0002-0578-3169en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-017-0085-1en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2041-7136en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalPastoralism: Research, Policy and Practiceen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriCLIMATE CHANGEen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVELIHOODSen_US
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen_US
cg.subject.ilriRANGELANDSen_US
cg.subject.ilriRESILIENCEen_US
cg.subject.ilriWILDLIFEen_US
cg.volume7en_US
dc.contributor.authorBedelian, Claireen_US
dc.contributor.authorOgutu, Joseph O.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T07:21:47Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-06-01T07:21:47Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/81274en_US
dc.titleTrade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenyaen_US
dcterms.abstractPastoralists 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.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2017-05-23en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBedelian, C. and Ogutu, J.O. 2017. Trade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 7: 10.en_US
dcterms.issued2017-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dcterms.subjectresilienceen_US
dcterms.subjectrangelandsen_US
dcterms.subjectpastoralismen_US
dcterms.subjectwildlifeen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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