Originally published on cgiar.org by:International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) on Jul 11, 2006

State-of-the-art 'participatory mapping'
helps stop the decline of unique
wildlife-rich pastoral lands

Pastoralists can take most of the credit for the survival of savanna wildlife herds in Kenya, since herding livestock is usually compatible with wildlife. But development today is threatening pastoral lands and ways of life, particularly near growing urban areas.

In Kitengela, south of Nairobi National Park, an unusual group of community, government, private and other organizations is pioneering an approach to help pastoralists and their lands, livestock and wildlife thrive. A foundation pays pastoral families not to fence, develop or sell their acreage. Strictly voluntary, the programme now leases 8,500 acres from 117 families; another 118 community members, with more than 17,000 acres, are waiting to join. The programme aims to lease and conserve 60,000 acres—enough to allow the seasonal migration of wildlife to and from Nairobi National Park.

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