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Document Author(s): Glew, Louise , Hudson, Malcolm D. , Osborne, Patrick E.

the authors found from sample of more than 600 households, that CBNRM initiatives in conservancies conservancies were found to enhance livelihoods in participating communities, compared to what would have been the case without the conservation initiative. In Namunyak and West Gate, community conservation has led to significant positive change in livelihoods for communities engaged in the initiative. Benefits occur at both the household and community level. Increasing physical security and access to affordable transport were the most important impacts for households. Some direct financial impacts have occurred through the provision of educational and medical scholarships and to a lesser extent through paid employment especially in tourism. Incomes in conservancy communities were significantly more likely to be described as ‘stable or increasing’ than in non-conservancy areas, and small-scale changes in the activities used to generate income are apparent. In addition there were improvements to habitat condition driven by sustainable grazing management. The report highlights the potential for combined wildlife/tourism/grazing programmes, particularly where pastoralism is a key livelihood activity. A focus on wildife and tourism alone is unlikley to meet many of the real needs of local people.

Reviewer: Brian Jones

Reviewer Affiliation: Independent consultant

Review Date: 2013-01-08

Publisher: University of Southampton School of civil Engineering and the Environment

Document type(s):

• Project technical document (e.g. focusing on one or more aspects, such as technical approach, monitoring, application of a specific tool, etc)
• Evaluation
• Site-based case study

Star rating: ★★★

Regions:

• Africa - East
• Africa

Country: Kenya

State: Northern Kenya

Donor: USAID; FFI

Project name: Northern Rangelands Trust community conservation

Natural resource(s):

• Wildlife
• Biodiversity
• Tourism
• Livestock
• Rangeland

Ecosystem service(s):

• Biodiversity

NWP Principles - Nature

• Improved information and knowledge management systems - [Accomplished]
• Promoted local land use planning and appropriate resource tenure systems - [Accomplished]
• Built capacity and invested in human resources - [Accomplished]
• Fostered innovation, social learning, and adaptive management - [Accomplished]

NWP Principles - Wealth

• Strengthened markets and NRM market incentives - [Accomplished]
• Invested in local organizations - [Accomplished]
• Created a framework for better NRM choices - [Accomplished]
• Promoted or developed economic strategies for natural resource management - [Accomplished]
• Assured that resource managers have access to NRM means and benefits - [Accomplished]

NWP Principles - Power

• Procedural rights for all people, especially vulnerable or marginalized groups - [Accomplished]
• Natural resource authority and functions distribution - [Accomplished]
• Continuous and inclusive consultations - [Accomplished]
• Local stakeholder input into public decisions and policy - [Relevant]

Tools used

• Land use planning
• Managed grazing
• Resource user groups
• Participatory Planning

Constraints

• Economic/income generation - [Household]
• Economic/income generation - [Gender]

Impacts

• Economic/income generation - [Household]
• Governance/empowerment - [Communal]
• Economic/income generation - [Yes]
• Environmental/productivity - [Yes]
• Governance/empowerment - [Yes]
• Environmental/productivity - [Household]
• Governance/empowerment - [Household]
• Economic/income generation - [Communal]

Additional Discussion Topics

• Lessons learned (Success Story)