kenya: WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE: CONFLICT AND CONSERVATION

This paper from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) reports on the proceedings of two one-day workshops held with communities in the Trans-Mara District where a human-elephant conflict study has taken place. The workshop concluded that farming is increasing because communities receive no other form of benefit from their land. Therefore, if wildlife could be made to pay, residents would be willing to set land aside for conservation and tolerate the presence of wildlife in the area. To ensure that, better local coordination and planning are also needed.