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
In this article, we discuss the drivers, causes, and impacts of land-use change in the Maasai Steppe of northern Tanzania. Remote sensing data were used to analyze land-use change, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) was used to link-up with wildlife population dynamics and livestock distr...
Msoffe, F.U.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Neselle, M.O.
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Gardingen, P. van
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Reid, Robin S.
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Herero, M.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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[Drivers and impacts of land-use change in the Maasai Steppe of Northern Tanzania: An ecological-social-political analysis]
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Drivers and impacts of land-use change in the Maasai Steppe of Northern Tanzania: An ecological-social-political analysis
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
To investigate the effects of irrigation on land cover changes and the risk of selected zoonotic pathogens, we carried out a study in irrigated, pastoral and riverine areas in the eastern Kenya. Activities implemented included secondary data analyses to determine land use and land cover (LULC) ch...
Bett, Bernard K.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Sang, R.
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Bukachi, S.
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Wanyoike, S.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Otieno, F.
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Ontiri, E.
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Njeru, I.
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Grace, Delia
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[Effects of flood irrigation on the risk of selected zoonotic pathogens in an arid and semi-arid area in the eastern Kenya]
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Effects of flood irrigation on the risk of selected zoonotic pathogens in an arid and semi-arid area in the eastern Kenya
Spatially explicit models are becoming increasingly important tools for simulating land-use change. In this study, we formulated and tested models that incorporated spatial correlates of agricultural expansion and used them to predict local- and landscape-scale patterns of agricultural land-use c...
Msoffe, F.U.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Gardingen, P. van
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Spatial correlates of land-use changes in the Maasai-Steppe of Tanzania: Implications for conservation and environmental planning]
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Spatial correlates of land-use changes in the Maasai-Steppe of Tanzania: Implications for conservation and environmental planning
Msoffe, F.U.
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Kaaya, J.
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Bedelian, Claire
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Neselle, M.O.
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Gardingen, P. van
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Thirgood, S.
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[Participatory wildlife surveys in communal lands: a case study from Simanjiro, Tanzania]
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Participatory wildlife surveys in communal lands: a case study from Simanjiro, Tanzania
Wildlife populations are declining severely in many protected areas and unprotected pastoral areas of Africa. Rapid large-scale land use changes, poaching, climate change, rising population pressures, governance, policy, economic and socio-cultural transformations and competition with livestock a...
Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Kifugo, S.C.
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[Herbivore dynamics and range contraction in Kajiado County Kenya: Climate and land use changes, population pressures, governance, policy and human-wildlife conflicts]
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Herbivore dynamics and range contraction in Kajiado County Kenya: Climate and land use changes, population pressures, governance, policy and human-wildlife conflicts
There is mounting concern about declines in wildlife populations in many protected areas in Africa. Migratory ungulates are especially vulnerable to impacts of changing land use outside protected areas on their abundance. Range compression may compromise the capacity of migrants to cope with clim...
Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Owen-Smith, N.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Gichohi, H.
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Kahumbu, P.
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Andanje, S.
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[Changing wildlife populations in Nairobi national park and adjoining Athi-Kaputiei plains: Collapse of the migratory Wildebeest]
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Changing wildlife populations in Nairobi national park and adjoining Athi-Kaputiei plains: Collapse of the migratory Wildebeest
Nkedianye, D.K.
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Gardingen, P.V.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Livestock-wealth inequalities and uptake of crop cultivation among the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania]
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Livestock-wealth inequalities and uptake of crop cultivation among the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania