Why keep lions instead of livestock?

Assessing wildlife tourism-based payment for ecosystem services involving herders in the Maasai Mara, Kenya

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2013

• Country: Kenya
• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Climate and Environment
• Authors: Osano, P.M., Said, M.Y., de Leeuw, J, Ndiwa, N, Kaelo, D, Schomers, S, Birner, R, Ogutu, J.O.

Abstract

This paper examines the effects of wildlife tourism-based payments for ecosystem services (PES) on poverty, wealth inequality and the livelihoods of herders in the Maasai Mara Ecosystem in south-western Kenya.

This research was supported by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme

Citation

Osano, P.M., Said, M.Y., de Leeuw, J., Ndiwa, N., Kaelo, D., Schomers, S., Birner, R., Ogutu, J.O., Why keep lions instead of livestock? (2013) Assessing wildlife tourism-based payment for ecosystem services involving herders in the Maasai Mara, Kenya, Natural Resources Forum, vol.37, issue4, pp.242-256

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Why keep lions instead of livestock? Assessing wildlife tourism-based payment for ecosystem services involving herders in the Maasai Mara, Kenya

Published 1 January 2013