15. Pastoralism and Conservation –Who Benefits?

  1. Dilys Roe4,
  2. Joanna Elliott5,
  3. Chris Sandbrook6,
  4. Matt Walpole6
  1. Katherine Homewood1,
  2. Pippa Chenevix Trench2,
  3. Dan Brockington3

Published Online: 19 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118428351.ch15

Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link

Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link

How to Cite

Homewood, K., Chenevix Trench, P. and Brockington, D. (2012) Pastoralism and Conservation –Who Benefits?, in Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link (eds D. Roe, J. Elliott, C. Sandbrook and M. Walpole), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118428351.ch15

Editor Information

  1. 4

    Dilys Roe International Institute for Environment and Development, 80–86 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8NH, UK

  2. 5

    African Wildlife Foundation, Oxford, UK

  3. 6

    United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Anthropology, University College London, Gower Street, LondonWC1E 6BT, UK

  2. 2

    Independent Consultant, Washington D.C., USA

  3. 3

    School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Arthur Lewis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 19 NOV 2012
  2. Published Print: 21 DEC 2012

Book Series:

  1. Conservation Science and Practice Series

Book Series Editors:

  1. Ward Cooper

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470674796

Online ISBN: 9781118428351

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Keywords:

  • pastoralism and conservation;
  • conservationists, tourists' dollars;
  • off-farm outranking agriculture;
  • livestock and Maasai, wealth storage;
  • WMAs and official channels;
  • business boom in East Africa

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Approach and methods

  • Livestock, farming, off-farm work and livelihoods in Maasailand

  • Income from wildlife - what role in livelihoods?

  • Why does wildlife fail to generate local benefits?

  • Moving forward

  • Acknowledgements

  • References