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Journal Articles & Books
December, 2001
Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Journal Articles & BooksDecember, 1981Kenya, Africa, Eastern AfricaDiscusses the Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit (KREMU), mentioning its objectives, initial tasks related to identifying ecological units, testing survey methods, training of staff & designing appropriate computer programmes; describes the Unit's achievements, with emphasis on ecological surveys & censuses carried out within the framework of on-going ecological monitoring programmes; outlines problems encountered.
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Journal Articles & BooksApril, 2011Kenya, Africa, Eastern AfricaThere is an urgent need for new approaches and effective models for managing risk and promoting sustainable development in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), especially in the face of climate change and increasing frequency of drought in many areas. This study assesses the impacts of the Arid Lands Resource Management Project (ALRMPII), a community-based drought management initiative implemented in 28 arid and semi-arid districts in Kenya from 2003 to 2010.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1981Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
Describes the organization, objectives and results of the aerial survey programme of the Kenyan Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit from 1976 to 1979, with particular reference to the methodology used, animal population estimates, esp. herbivores, and reliability of aerial survey data in terms of aerial, ground & remote sensing counts.
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Journal Articles & BooksDecember, 2014Kenya, Eastern Africa, AfricaKnowledge of population dynamics is essential for managing and conserving wildlife. Traditional methods of counting wild animals such as aerial survey or ground counts not only disturb animals, but also can be labour intensive and costly. New, commercially available very high-resolution satellite images offer great potential for accurate estimates of animal abundance over large open areas. However, little research has been conducted in the area of satellite-aided wildlife census, although computer processing speeds and image analysis algorithms have vastly improved.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1997Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
The resilience of rangeland soils and vegetation to different levels of grazing is still poorly understood. A study was conducted to determine the recovery of a rangeland grazed at different intensities and allowed a two-year rest period. The following treatments were applied to 0.5 hectare plots: 0, 4, 8 and 16 heifers per hectare, hereafter referred to as CL, X, 2X and 4X respectively.
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Journal Articles & BooksAugust, 2015Kenya, Tanzania, Africa, Eastern AfricaContext: The processes regulating ungulate populations have been the focus of numerous studies. For the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer Sparrman) population inhabiting the Mara–Serengeti ecosystem, rinderpest was the primary regulatory factor up to the mid-1960s. Following reduction of rinderpest and buffalo population increase, interspecific competition for food, notably with cattle and wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus Burchell), was thought to be the primary regulatory factor in the ecosystem.
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Journal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Kenya, Africa, Eastern AfricaNature’s Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being integrates spatial data on poverty and the environment
in Kenya, providing a new approach to examining the links between ecosystem services (the benefits derived from nature)
and the poor. This publication focuses on the environmental resources
most Kenyans rely on to earn their livelihoods, such as soil, water, forest,
rangeland, livestock, and wildlife. The atlas overlays georeferenced
statistical information on population and household expenditures with
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