Work Package 3 – EA, Kenya & Tanzania
What
In East Africa (EA) we focus on the transboundary area between southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania, featuring a strong rainfall west-east gradient driven by elevational variation of the Rift valley system, and specifically the area covering south-east Narok county in Kenya and northern Ngorongoro district (Northern Loliondo) in Tanzania. This area has for the last 60 years become a mosaic of core protected areas (Maasai Mara National Reserve, Serengeti National Parks) that protects especially landscape-scale (annually over hundreds of kilometres) of large migratory wildlife as wildebeest and zebra.
We will contrast collective practices of land management in Tanzania with subdivided and privatized land use in Kenya, and explore new arrangements to collectively manage land despite privatisation. This way, CurveBend will explore collective efforts to combat landscape fragmentation and sustain open rangelands, bridging ecological needs (e.g., migratory wildlife breeding areas) with pastoralist livelihoods (e.g., year-round grazing resources, dry season water access). In southern Kenya’s subdivided lands, we’ll study the formation of landowner collectives, ranging from grassroots community conservancies to investor-stimulated land lease agreements.
Where
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Who
WP Leads:
- Caroline Archambault (LU), Alex Kisingo (CAWM) & Michiel Veldhuis (LU)
Postdoctoral Researcher:
- Jedidah Nankaya (MMU)
PhD Researchers:
- Esther Ol0ije (LU)
- Emmanuel Kileli Leyani (MMU)
- Alodia Machumu (CAWM)
Supervisors & Advisory Researchers
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