When Robert Nampaso and more than 30 other Maasai livestock-herding families leased some of their land in western Kenya to a large-scale farmer, they thought the rent would bring in much-needed extra income.
had badly degraded the land around Olchoro Oirowua village, forcing their animals to compete with local wildlife over dwindling supplies of water and pasture.
Community-run wildlife conservancies established on private land are increasingly playing a vital role in safeguarding areas that governments can't or won't protect, while also bolstering local livelihoods.
"Expansion of agricultural areas has been a key factor in the degradation of nature, including forest habitats," said Claudia Ringler, deputy director of environment at the International Food Policy Research Institute . Before the conservancy was established, many of those animals likely would have been killed, Karimi said.looking for food and water, attacking livestock and destroying crops.But those incidents have fallen dramatically since the conservancy launched, she said.
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