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Land use/land cover changes and their impact on the human-elephant conflict in Laikipia West District, Kenya
Abstract:
Changes in land use and cover between 1973 and 2008 in Laikipia
West district, Kenya was studied. The district shares a boundary
with a protected wildlife area that among others has elephants.
These often raid crops in addition to competing for browse with
livestock. The study carried out mainly using Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) technology revealed that grasslands
and plantations increased during the study period while the rest
of the land use systems (indigenous forests, EwasoNarok swamp,
dams and farms) decreased. In the same period, the elephant
population increased while human conflict cases fluctuated. It
is recommended that a migration corridor be established between
Laikipia ranch and Rumuruti, Lariak, and Marmanet forests to
allow movement of wild life without destroying crops.
Les changements dans l’utilisation des terres et la couverture
entre 1973 et 2008 dans le district de Laikipia ouest, le Kenya
a été étudiée. Le district partage une frontière avec une réserve
d’espèces sauvages protégée, entre autres des éléphants. Ces
derniers souvent envahissent les cultures en plus de concurrence
avec le bétail. L’étude a été réalisée principalement au moyen
des systèmes d’information géographique (GIS) et a révélé
que les prairies et les plantations ont augmenté au cours de la
période d’étude tandis que le reste des systèmes d’utilisation
des terres (forêts indigènes, EwasoNarok marais, les barrages
et les exploitations agricoles) a diminué. Dans la même période,
la population d’éléphants a augmenté tandis que les cas de conflit
de l’homme ont fluctué. Il est recommandé que le corridor de
migration soit établi entre le ranch Laikipia et Rumuruti, Lariak, et les forêts Marmanet pour permettre le mouvement de la vie
sauvage, sans détruire les cultures.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1507-1511
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