Report in summary A team of experts from The University of Nairobi, National Museums of Kenya, Technical University of Kenya and Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing—in conjunction with the Wyss Academy for Nature—undertook dry and wet season biodiversity and socio- ecological assessments of local livelihoods at the Naibunga Community Conservancy, Laikipia County, northern Kenya in J. [...] Key highlights from our varied fieldwork components in the dry and wet seasons thus far include: (1) The Naibunga Community Conservancy merits periodic biodiversity monitoring in areas with and without semi-circular bunds during the dry and wet seasons annually to document the changes in vegetation structure and composition, water distribution, and dynamics in the key vertebrate and invertebrate s. [...] The eastern and northern parts of the County are suitable for grazing while the plateau lying in the central and the northern parts of the County is suitable for ranching. [...] • Key highlights of the workshop include but are not limited to deliberations about: an insecure and degraded landscape threatening the coexistence of nature and people; disarmament as a vehicle to mitigating human-human conflict; inclusivity and diversity of representation in crucial policy and local administrative decisions including the planning of local infrastructure; intercommunity cohesion,. [...] • Conduct continuous monitoring of the habitats to understand the trends in herpetofaunal (amphibians and reptiles) species diversity and abundance over time, especially in regard to effect of the semi-circular bunds on amphibians and reptiles.
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Table of Contents
- SEMI-CIRCULAR BUNDS AND COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION AT THE NAIBUNGA COMMUNITY CONSERVANCY LAIKIPIA COUNTY NORTHERN KENYA 1
- Acknowledgments 2
- Publishing Citation 3
- Table of Contents 5
- Report in summary 6
- Introduction 8
- Study area 9
- References 9
- 1. Socio-ecological needs assessment of local livelihoods at the Naibunga Community Conservancy Laikipia County northern Kenya 10
- 1.1 Common visioning half- day workshop 11
- 1.2 Women focus group discussions 12
- 1.3 Wazee elders focus group discussions 14
- 1.4 Youth groups focus group discussions 15
- 1.5 Green Earth Warriors Youth Group focus group discussions 16
- 2. Consolidated dry and wet season herpetofauna amphibians and reptiles surveys in Naibunga Community Conservancy 18
- 2.1 Methods 19
- 2.2 Results and discussion 20
- 2.3. Conclusion and recommendations 29
- 2.4 References 29
- 3. Consolidated dry and wet season invertebrates surveys in Naibunga Community Conservancy 31
- 3.1 Methods 32
- 3.2 Results and discussion 35
- 3.3 Conclusion and recommendations 40
- 3.4 References 41
- Appendix 1. 42
- Appendix 2. 56
- 4. Consolidated dry and wet season mushrooms surveys in Naibunga Community Conservancy 57
- 4.1 Methods 59
- 4.2 Results and discussion 60
- 4.3 Conclusions and recommendations 69
- 4.4 References 69
- Appendix 3. 70
- 5. Consolidated dry and wet season mammals surveys in Naibunga Community Conservancy 72
- 5.1. Methods 73
- 5.2. Results and discussion 74
- Mammals range from small e.g. bats shrews and rodents to medium-sized e.g. gazelles gerenuks impalas and jackals to large e.g. eland buffalo hippo giraffe and elephant 74
- 5.3 Conclusion and recommendations 77
- 5.4 References 79
- Appendix 4. 79
- 6. Consolidated dry and wet season avian surveys in Naibunga Community Conservancy 81
- 6.1 Methods 82
- 6.2 Results and discussion 84
- 141 84
- 260 84
- 6.3 Conclusion and recommendations 89
- 6.4 References 90
- Appendix 5. 91
- 7. Consolidated dry and wet season vegetation surveys in Naibunga Community Conservancy 97
- 7.1 Methods 99
- 7.2 Results and discussion 100
- 7.3 Conclusion and recommendations 105
- 7.4 References 105
- Appendix 6. 106
- 8. Human-wildlife conflict needs assessment at the Naibunga Community Wildlife Conservancy 108
- 8.1 Methods 109
- 8.2 Results and discussion 110
- 8.3 Conclusion and recommendations 112
- 8.4 References 114
- Team composition 115
