Evolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africa

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cg.contributor.affiliationHarvard Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrican Wildlife Foundationen
cg.contributor.affiliationReto-o-Reto Foundation, Kenyaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Coloradoen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierMohammed Yahya Said: 0000-0001-8127-6399en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0900313106en
cg.issn0027-8424en
cg.issn1091-6490en
cg.issue17en
cg.journalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Americaen
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen
cg.subject.ilriWILDLIFEen
cg.subject.ilriINNOVATION SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.ilriKNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATIONen
cg.volume113en
dc.contributor.authorReid, Robin S.en
dc.contributor.authorNkedianye, D.en
dc.contributor.authorSaid, Mohammed Yahyaen
dc.contributor.authorKaelo, D.en
dc.contributor.authorNeselle, M.O.en
dc.contributor.authorMakui, O.en
dc.contributor.authorOnetu, L.en
dc.contributor.authorKiruswa, S.en
dc.contributor.authorOle Kamuaroa, N.en
dc.contributor.authorKristjanson, Patricia M.en
dc.contributor.authorOgutu, J.en
dc.contributor.authorBurnSilver, S.B.en
dc.contributor.authorGoldman, M.J.en
dc.contributor.authorBoone, Randall B.en
dc.contributor.authorGalvin, K.A.en
dc.contributor.authorDickson, N.M.en
dc.contributor.authorClark, W.C.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-18T20:07:30Zen
dc.date.available2010-01-18T20:07:30Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/492
dc.titleEvolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africaen
dcterms.abstractWe developed a “continual engagement” model to better integrate knowledge from policy makers, communities, and researchers with the goal of promoting more effective action to balance poverty alleviation and wildlife conservation in 4 pastoral ecosystems of East Africa. The model involved the creation of a core boundary-spanning team, including community facilitators, a policy facilitator, and transdisciplinary researchers, responsible for linking with a wide range of actors from local to global scales. Collaborative researcher–facilitator community teams integrated local and scientific knowledge to help communities and policy makers improve herd quality and health, expand biodiversity payment schemes, develop land-use plans, and fully engage together in pastoral and wildlife policy development. This model focused on the creation of hybrid scientific–local knowledge highly relevant to community and policy maker needs. The facilitation team learned to be more effective by focusing on noncontroversial livelihood issues before addressing more difficult wildlife issues, using strategic and periodic engagement with most partners instead of continual engagement, and reducing costs by providing new scientific information only when deemed essential. We conclude by examining the role of facilitation in redressing asymmetries in power in researcher–community–policy maker teams, the role of individual values and character in establishing trust, and how to sustain knowledge-action links when project funding ends.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2009-11-03en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationReid, R. S., Nkedianye, D., Said, M.Y., Kaelo, D., Neselle, M., Makui, O., Onetu, L., Kiruswa, S., Kamuaro, N.O., Kristjanson, P., Ogutu, J., Burnsilver, S.B., Goldman, M.J., Boone, R.B., Galvin, K.A., Dickson, N.M. and Clark, W.C. 2016. Evolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(17):4579–4584.en
dcterms.extentp. 4579-4584en
dcterms.issued2016-04-26en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherNational Academy of Sciencesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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