When Good Conservation Becomes Good Economics : Kenya’s Vanishing Herds

It is no exaggeration to state that Kenya’s wildlife has done much to shape the image and development fortunes of the country. Today tourism is among Kenya’s top sources of foreign exchange, dominates the service sector, and contributes significantly to employment, especially in rural areas where e...

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Main Authors:	Damania, Richard, Desbureaux, Sebastien, Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio, Mikou, Mehdi, Gohil, Deepali, Said, Mohammed
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	TOURISM WILDLIFE PROTECTION CONSERVATION WILDLIFE RESERVE RURAL POVERTY ROADS CONSERVANCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/465881576053357383/When-Good-Conservation-becomes-Good-Economics-Kenya-s-Vanishing-Herds http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33083

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spelling	okr-10986-330832021-08-09T16:15:53Z When Good Conservation Becomes Good Economics : Kenya’s Vanishing Herds Damania, Richard Desbureaux, Sebastien Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio Mikou, Mehdi Gohil, Deepali Said, Mohammed TOURISM WILDLIFE PROTECTION CONSERVATION WILDLIFE RESERVE RURAL POVERTY ROADS CONSERVANCY It is no exaggeration to state that Kenya’s wildlife has done much to shape the image and development fortunes of the country. Today tourism is among Kenya’s top sources of foreign exchange, dominates the service sector, and contributes significantly to employment, especially in rural areas where economic opportunities are limited. The typical international tourist arrives on a package tour that may include a safari, a visit to the beach, or both. It is safari tourism, however, that generates the most employment and economic activity across the country. But the wildlife that has lured travelers to Kenya by the planeload is in dramatic decline. In the past three decades, the country has lost more than half of its wildlife. Wild herds that once roamed freely across the borders of Kenya and Tanzania have shrunk dramatically in numbers and vanished completely from much of the North. Perhaps most troubling is that recent monitoring of wildlife populations suggests that long-term declines of many of the charismatic species that attract tourists like lions, elephants, giraffes, impalas, and others are occurring at the same rates within the country’s national parks as outside of these protected areas. This report identifies with greater precision the drivers of land conversion from natural habitats to other uses, and examines the extent to which land conversion leads to the extirpation of wildlife and the loss of tourism incomes. 2019-12-23T21:39:35Z 2019-12-23T21:39:35Z 2019-10-07 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/465881576053357383/When-Good-Conservation-becomes-Good-Economics-Kenya-s-Vanishing-Herds http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33083 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Kenya
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description	It is no exaggeration to state that Kenya’s wildlife has done much to shape the image and development fortunes of the country. Today tourism is among Kenya’s top sources of foreign exchange, dominates the service sector, and contributes significantly to employment, especially in rural areas where economic opportunities are limited. The typical international tourist arrives on a package tour that may include a safari, a visit to the beach, or both. It is safari tourism, however, that generates the most employment and economic activity across the country. But the wildlife that has lured travelers to Kenya by the planeload is in dramatic decline. In the past three decades, the country has lost more than half of its wildlife. Wild herds that once roamed freely across the borders of Kenya and Tanzania have shrunk dramatically in numbers and vanished completely from much of the North. Perhaps most troubling is that recent monitoring of wildlife populations suggests that long-term declines of many of the charismatic species that attract tourists like lions, elephants, giraffes, impalas, and others are occurring at the same rates within the country’s national parks as outside of these protected areas. This report identifies with greater precision the drivers of land conversion from natural habitats to other uses, and examines the extent to which land conversion leads to the extirpation of wildlife and the loss of tourism incomes.
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author	Damania, Richard Desbureaux, Sebastien Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio Mikou, Mehdi Gohil, Deepali Said, Mohammed
author_facet	Damania, Richard Desbureaux, Sebastien Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio Mikou, Mehdi Gohil, Deepali Said, Mohammed
author_sort	Damania, Richard
title	When Good Conservation Becomes Good Economics : Kenya’s Vanishing Herds
title_short	When Good Conservation Becomes Good Economics : Kenya’s Vanishing Herds
title_full	When Good Conservation Becomes Good Economics : Kenya’s Vanishing Herds
title_fullStr	When Good Conservation Becomes Good Economics : Kenya’s Vanishing Herds
title_full_unstemmed	When Good Conservation Becomes Good Economics : Kenya’s Vanishing Herds
title_sort	when good conservation becomes good economics : kenya’s vanishing herds
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When Good Conservation Becomes Good Economics : Kenya’s Vanishing Herds

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