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Accepted Paper
Storm in the wild: the effects of natural resources privatisation for wildlife conservation on pastoralism in Kenya, a case of Laikipia County
Winfred Nyokabi Kiranga
(NomadIT)
Known for beautiful parks, ranches, and wildlife conservation, Laikipia County is Kenya’s epicenter of conservation efforts, with 43 ranches occupying 50% of the total land area and 24 private conservancies. Drought has led to tensions in recent years between the conservancies and the pastoralists
Paper long abstract
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) set out to conserve nature. This led to the creation of conservation institutions. This was supported at a conference in Arusha in 1961. Thereafter, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) funded European conservation experts to come and conserve nature in Africa. Although a report by the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations observed that indigenous people ensure the protection of world territory, this does not apply in Laikipia. The experts believed nature could only be conserved by pushing away the natives from their ancestral areas to create protected areas for wild animals.
Pastoralism is a community’s way of life, their cultural identity that is pegged to land. The conservation carried out in Laikipia ought to have a mutual understanding among the inhabitants: both human and non-human, land for pasture and water for their animals. The hiving off and fencing of conservancies are tantamount to selling indigenous rights in the name of conservation. Compensation, savage remarks on the people’s culture and boardroom consultations may not end perennial conflicts in Laikipia.