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

Bedelian, Claire; Ogutu, Joseph O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-017-0085-1

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

cg.authorship.types	CGIAR and advanced research institute	en
cg.contributor.affiliation	International Livestock Research Institute	en
cg.contributor.affiliation	Overseas Development Institute	en
cg.contributor.affiliation	University College London	en
cg.contributor.affiliation	Universität Hohenheim	en
cg.contributor.crp	Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donor	Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom	en
cg.contributor.donor	Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom	en
cg.contributor.donor	European Union	en
cg.contributor.donor	Department for International Development, United Kingdom	en
cg.contributor.donor	International Development Research Centre	en
cg.coverage.country	Kenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2	KE
cg.coverage.region	Africa
cg.coverage.region	Eastern Africa
cg.creator.identifier	Claire Bedelian: 0000-0002-0578-3169	en
cg.howPublished	Formally Published	en
cg.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-017-0085-1	en
cg.isijournal	ISI Journal	en
cg.issn	2041-7136	en
cg.issue	1	en
cg.journal	Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice	en
cg.reviewStatus	Peer Review	en
cg.subject.ilri	CLIMATE CHANGE	en
cg.subject.ilri	LIVELIHOODS	en
cg.subject.ilri	PASTORALISM	en
cg.subject.ilri	RANGELANDS	en
cg.subject.ilri	RESILIENCE	en
cg.subject.ilri	WILDLIFE	en
cg.volume	7	en
dc.contributor.author	Bedelian, Claire	en
dc.contributor.author	Ogutu, Joseph O.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-06-01T07:21:47Z	en
dc.date.available	2017-06-01T07:21:47Z	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81274
dc.title	Trade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya	en
dcterms.abstract	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.	en
dcterms.accessRights	Open Access
dcterms.audience	Scientists	en
dcterms.available	2017-05-23	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation	Bedelian, 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
dcterms.issued	2017-12	en
dcterms.language	en
dcterms.license	CC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisher	Springer	en
dcterms.subject	climate change	en
dcterms.subject	livelihoods	en
dcterms.subject	resilience	en
dcterms.subject	rangelands	en
dcterms.subject	pastoralism	en
dcterms.subject	wildlife	en
dcterms.type	Journal Article

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