Staying Maasai? Livelihoods, Conservation and Development in East Af
People, livestock and wildlife have lived together on the savannas of East Africa for millennia. Their coexistence has declined as conservation policies increasingly exclude people and livestock from national wildlife parks, and fast-growing human populat
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Studies In Human Ecology And Adaptation Series Editors: Daniel G. Bates Hunter College – City University of New York, New York, New York Ludomir Lozny Hunter College – City University of New York, New York, New York AFRICAN LANDSCAPES: Interdisciplinary Approaches Edited by Michael Bollig and Olaf Bubenzer AS PASTORALISTS SETTLE: Social, Health, and Economic Consequences of the Pastoral Sedentarization in Marsabit District, Kenya Elliot Fratkin and Eric Abella Roth RISK MANAGEMENT IN A HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT: A Comparative Study of Two Pastoral Societies Michael Bollig SEEKING A RICHER HARVEST: The Archaeology of Subsistence Intensification, Innovation and Change Edited by Tina L. Thurston and Christopher T. Fisher STAYING MAASAI? Livelihoods, Conservation and Development in East African Rangelands Edited by Katherine Homewood, Patti Kristjanson and Pippa Chenevix Trench
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Katherine Homewood · Patti Kristjanson Pippa Chenevix Trench Editors
Staying Maasai? Livelihoods, Conservation and Development in East African Rangelands
Editors Katherine Homewood Department of Anthropology University College London London, UK
Patti Kristjanson International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi, Kenya
Pippa Chenevix Trench Department of Anthropology University College London London, UK
ISBN: 978-0-387-87491-3 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-87492-0
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-87492-0
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Foreword The Future of Maasailand: Its People and Wildlife
The area of Maasailand straddling the Kenya–Tanzania border supports the most abundant wildlife populations on earth. It also encompasses 14 of the world’s most renowned national parks, including Serengeti, Mara, Ngorongoro, Amboseli, Tarangire, Manyara and Tsavo. Over a million visitors flock to the area each year, generating over $1.5 billion in revenues. Often overlooked is the even greater abundance of livestock and the pastoral peoples who depend on them. Despite thousands of years of pastoralism in eastern Africa, pastoralists are often blamed for the destruction of the savannas. The blame stems in par
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