We use data from 500 households in Samburu County (Kenya) to explore how natural environment and market accessibility affect coping and adaptation strategies of pastoralists. In particular, we ask whether households accumulate livestock wealth and invest in structural and cognitive social capital...
Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley
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Bulte, E.H.
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Giller, Ken E.
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Ndiwa, Nicholas N.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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McIntire, John M.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[Livestock wealth and social capital as insurance against climate risk: A case study of Samburu County in Kenya]
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Livestock wealth and social capital as insurance against climate risk: A case study of Samburu County in Kenya
There is consensus that pastoral mobility is beneficial for both pastoralists and the environment. However, rapid change arising from multiple factors, including landscape fragmentation, sedentarization, and demographic drivers might affect the effectiveness of this pastoral coping strategy in ti...
Nkedianye, D.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Saidimu, T.L.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Kaelo, D.S.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Mobility and livestock mortality in communally used pastoral areas: The impact of the 2005-2006 drought on livestock mortality in Maasailand]
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Mobility and livestock mortality in communally used pastoral areas: The impact of the 2005-2006 drought on livestock mortality in Maasailand
Fragmentation, degradation and loss of natural habitats are now recognised as major threats to wildlife conservation and mobile pastoralism in East African savannas. These processes are driven primarily by land tenure and policy, increasing human population, expansion of settlements and agricultu...
Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Makui, O.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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[Effects of extreme land fragmentation on wildlife and livestock population abundance and distribution]
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Effects of extreme land fragmentation on wildlife and livestock population abundance and distribution
Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Ng'ang'a, L.
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Wargute, P.W.
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Njino, L.W.
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Landsberg, F.
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Omuombo, B.
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Stickler, M.
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[Spatial planning: Making space for livestock and wildlife]
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Spatial planning: Making space for livestock and wildlife
Kifugo, S.C.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Otieno, F.
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Miano, G.
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[Participatory mapping of livestock routes in Samburu county, Kenya]
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Participatory mapping of livestock routes in Samburu county, Kenya
Kshatriya, Mrigesh
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Msoffe, F.U.
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Neselle, M.O.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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[Novel forms of livestock and wildlife integration adjacent to protected areas in Africa-Tanzania: Mapping land cover changes in Simanjiro and Monduli districts]
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Novel forms of livestock and wildlife integration adjacent to protected areas in Africa-Tanzania: Mapping land cover changes in Simanjiro and Monduli districts
Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Osano, P.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Kaelo, D.
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Bedelian, Claire
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Bosire, Caroline K.
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[Review of community conservancies in Kenya]
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Review of community conservancies in Kenya
Ericksen, Polly J.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Silvestri, Silvia
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Zaibet, L.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Sijmons, Koert
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Kinoti, J.
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Ng'ang'a, L.
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Landsberg, F.
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Stickler, M.
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[Mapping and valuing ecosystem services in the Ewaso Ng’iro watershed]
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Mapping and valuing ecosystem services in the Ewaso Ng’iro watershed
Many pastoral ecosystems around the globe are under pressure to produce more livestock or to make way for more intensive agricultural systems or new uses (Blench 2000). Some rangelands that used to be managed under communal land tenure are being privatized, with establishment of individual holdin...
Reid, Robin S.
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Gichohi, H.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Nkedianye, D.
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Kshatriya, Mrigesh
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Agatsiva, J.L.
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Adanje, S.A.
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Bagine, R.
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[Fragmentation of a peri-urban savanna, Athi-Kaputiei plains, Kenya]
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Fragmentation of a peri-urban savanna, Athi-Kaputiei plains, Kenya
Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Reid, Robin S.
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Ogutu, J.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Kaelo, D.
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Serneels, S.
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Lambin, E.
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Agatsiva, J.
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Wargute, P.W.
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Homewood, K.
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[Wildlife-livestock interactions in the Mara ecosystem]
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Wildlife-livestock interactions in the Mara ecosystem