Session: OS-D3
Community Based Conservation

Chair

Stephen Mureithi

Time

08:30 - 10:30 on Tuesday, 12th of January 2016

Venue

Colobus

08:30

Local perceptions on Community Based Wildlife Conservation model, the case of Il Ngwesi Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya

Henry Komu (University of Nairobi), Jesse Njoka (University of Nairobi), Vivian Wasonga (University of Nairobi), Harry Spaling (The King's University College), Elizabeth Muthiani (Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation), Judith Mbau (University of Nairobi)
08:50

Trade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Maasai Mara, Kenya

Claire Bedelian (University College London), Joseph Ogutu (University of Hohenheim)
09:10

Coexistence in the South Rift: Ecologically sensible community conservation

Samantha du Toit (SORALO), Peter Tyrrell (SORALO)
09:30

10-Years of Community Based Ecotourism in Ghana, West Africa: lessons learned from community engagement at the Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary

Donna J Sheppard (Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoo in partnership with Rhino Ark Charitable Trust), Axel Moehrenschlager (Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoo), Jana M. McPherson (Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoo), John J. Mason (Nature Conservation Research Centre)
09:50

Governing large carnivores: why reinvent the wheel?

Camilla Sandström (Umeå University), Katarina Hansson (Umeå University)