The Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem and Greater Maasailand: Building the Role of Local Leaders, Institutions, and Communities

cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.creator.identifierMohammed Yahya Said: 0000-0001-8127-6399en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/books/conservation-catalystsen
cg.isbn978-1-55844-301-3en
cg.subject.ccafsGENDER AND SOCIAL INCLUSIONen
dc.contributor.authorReid, Robin S.en
dc.contributor.authorKaelo Den
dc.contributor.authorNkedianye DKen
dc.contributor.authorKristjanson, Patricia M.en
dc.contributor.authorSaid, Mohammed Yahyaen
dc.contributor.authorGalvin, K.A.en
dc.contributor.authorGambill Ien
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-16T16:51:35Zen
dc.date.available2015-09-16T16:51:35Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/68151
dc.titleThe Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem and Greater Maasailand: Building the Role of Local Leaders, Institutions, and Communitiesen
dcterms.abstractMuch of the effort to include communities in conservation of large landscapes has been driven by interests outside the savannas, either by national governments, NGOs, or foreign conservationists (Neumann 2002, Brockington et al. 2008). Once included in conservation planning only as an afterthought, local communities are now major stakeholders. However, initiatives driven, led, and managed by local leaders, communities, and institutions to meet the needs of both wildlife and people remain rare. The science of community- based conservation rarely answers the questions posed by local communities, integrates local knowledge, or builds the capacity of communities to do their own research. This chapter is the story of our efforts to turn community- based conservation around so that it is driven, led, and managed by local interests, needs, and people in Kenya’s northern Serengeti- Mara ecosystem, or the Mara.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationReid RS, Kaelo D, Nkedianye DK, Kristjanson P, Said MY, Galvin KA, Gambill I. 2014. The Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem and Greater Maasailand: Building the Role of Local Leaders, Institutions, and Communities. In: The Academy as Nature’s Agent. JN Levitt, Ed. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.en
dcterms.issued2014en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.publisherLincoln Institute of Land Policyen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectconservation tillageen
dcterms.subjectlandscape conservationen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.typeBook Chapteren

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