Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential for pastoral communities inhabiting. Kenyan Masailand to adapt to climate change using conservancies and payments for ecosystem services. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple methods and data sources were used, comprising: a socio-econ...
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| author | Osano, Philip M. Said, Mohammed Yahya Leeuw, Jan de Moiko, Stephen S. Kaelo, D.O. Schomers, S. Birner, Regina Ogutu, Joseph O. |
| author_browse | Birner, Regina Kaelo, D.O. Leeuw, Jan de Moiko, Stephen S. Ogutu, Joseph O. Osano, Philip M. Said, Mohammed Yahya Schomers, S. |
| author_facet | Osano, Philip M. Said, Mohammed Yahya Leeuw, Jan de Moiko, Stephen S. Kaelo, D.O. Schomers, S. Birner, Regina Ogutu, Joseph O. |
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| description | Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential for pastoral communities inhabiting. Kenyan Masailand to adapt to climate change using conservancies and payments for ecosystem services. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple methods and data sources were used, comprising: a socio-economic survey of 295 households; informal interviews with pastoralists, conservancy managers, and tourism investors; focus group discussions; a stakeholder workshop. Monthly rainfall data was used to analyse drought frequency and intensity. A framework of the interactions between pastoralists’ drought coping and risk mitigation strategies and the conservancy effects was developed, and used to qualitatively assess some interactions across the three study sites. Changes in household livestock holdings and sources of cash income are calculated in relation to the 2008-09 drought. Findings – The frequency and intensity of droughts are increasing but are localized across the three study sites. The proportion of households with per capita livestock holdings below the 4.5 TLU poverty vulnerability threshold increased by 34 per cent in Kitengela and 5 per cent in the Mara site, mainly due to the drought in 2008-2009. Payment for ecosystem services was found to buffer households from fluctuating livestock income, but also generates synergies and/or trade-offs depending on land use restrictions. Originality/value – The contribution of conservancies to drought coping and risk mitigation strategies of pastoralists is analyzed as a basis for evaluating the potential for ecosystem-based adaptation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace335152025-12-08T10:29:22Z Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand Osano, Philip M. Said, Mohammed Yahya Leeuw, Jan de Moiko, Stephen S. Kaelo, D.O. Schomers, S. Birner, Regina Ogutu, Joseph O. pastoralism ecosystems Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential for pastoral communities inhabiting. Kenyan Masailand to adapt to climate change using conservancies and payments for ecosystem services. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple methods and data sources were used, comprising: a socio-economic survey of 295 households; informal interviews with pastoralists, conservancy managers, and tourism investors; focus group discussions; a stakeholder workshop. Monthly rainfall data was used to analyse drought frequency and intensity. A framework of the interactions between pastoralists’ drought coping and risk mitigation strategies and the conservancy effects was developed, and used to qualitatively assess some interactions across the three study sites. Changes in household livestock holdings and sources of cash income are calculated in relation to the 2008-09 drought. Findings – The frequency and intensity of droughts are increasing but are localized across the three study sites. The proportion of households with per capita livestock holdings below the 4.5 TLU poverty vulnerability threshold increased by 34 per cent in Kitengela and 5 per cent in the Mara site, mainly due to the drought in 2008-2009. Payment for ecosystem services was found to buffer households from fluctuating livestock income, but also generates synergies and/or trade-offs depending on land use restrictions. Originality/value – The contribution of conservancies to drought coping and risk mitigation strategies of pastoralists is analyzed as a basis for evaluating the potential for ecosystem-based adaptation. 2013-05-10 2013-08-23T09:17:59Z 2013-08-23T09:17:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33515 en Limited Access Emerald Publishing Limited Osano, P.M., Said, M.Y., Leeuw, J. de, Moiko, S.S., Kaelo, D.O., Schomers, S., Birner, R. and Ogutu, J.O. 2013. Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 5(2):198-214. |
| spellingShingle | pastoralism ecosystems Osano, Philip M. Said, Mohammed Yahya Leeuw, Jan de Moiko, Stephen S. Kaelo, D.O. Schomers, S. Birner, Regina Ogutu, Joseph O. Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand |
| title | Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand |
| title_full | Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand |
| title_fullStr | Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand |
| title_short | Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand |
| title_sort | pastoralism and ecosystem based adaptation in kenyan masailand |
| topic | pastoralism ecosystems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33515 |
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