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Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand

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Title Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand
 
Creator Osano, Philip M.
 
Contributor Said, Mohammed
de Leeuw, Jan
Moiko, Stephen S.
Kaelo, Dickson Ole
Schomers, Sarah
Birner, Regina
Ogutu, Joseph O.
 
Subject conservancies
maasai
ecosystem-based adaptation
ecosystem
 
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 ecosystemservices.
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 localised 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.
 
Date 2013-06-30
2017-01-05T19:39:45Z
2017-01-05T19:39:45Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier http://10.1108/17568691311327596
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/handle.net/10568/33515
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/dznuE4GR
Philip M. Osano, Mohammed Said, Jan de Leeuw, Stephen S. Moiko, Dickson Ole Kaelo, Sarah Schomers, Regina Birner, Joseph O. Ogutu. (30/6/2013). Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 5(2), pp. 198-214.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5169
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Emerald
 
Source International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management;5,(2013) Pagination 198,214