An Assessment on locally funded schemes as a preventive measure to human wildlife conflict and as a reasonable measure taken to protect crops, livestock or property from damage by wildlife

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dc.contributor.authorNduru, R. M.
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-20T10:17:52Z
dc.date.available2025-11-20T10:17:52Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionFull - text undergraduate research project
dc.description.abstractHuman Wildlife Conflict (HWC) remains an ongoing issue facing Kenya and the world at large. The consequences of this conflict are detrimental to both human beings and wild animals. This study focuses on approaches to managing this conflict in Kenya with the aim of developing a more sustainable and community-inclusive solution. This study argues that community inclusive solutions are necessary to address this conflict and have proven to be effective where they have been implemented. Locally funded schemes have been proposed as community inclusive solutions which when implemented prevent the conflict and allow the communities to directly benefit from their co-existence with wildlife. It is this papers argument that community inclusive solutions should be recognized as reasonable measures taken to protect the community and their property. Data from KWS reports, reported incidences from media outlets and various publications has been relied on in analysing the current approach and its current challenges. Overall, the current approach to the conflict faces various challenges due to other different factors thus falling short of its conservation goals. A qualitative comparison between the current approach to the proposed introduction of locally funded schemes shows the latter aims to empower communities as active stakeholders through communal resources for preventative monitoring and implementation of solutions tailored to local circumstances. On the whole, this in-depth examination aims to contribute to developing Kenya's approach to HWC management through preventive, community-inclusive resolutions aligned with its legal framework. The dissertation analysis and proposes policy changes seek to balance growing human and wildlife needs through creative solutions recognizing locally led initiatives' value in sustainably safeguarding wildlife and rural livelihoods.
dc.identifier.citationNduru, R. M. (2024). An Assessment on locally funded schemes as a preventive measure to human wildlife conflict and as a reasonable measure taken to protect crops, livestock or property from damage by wildlife [Strathmore University]. http://hdl.handle.net/11071/15877
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11071/15877
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherStrathmore University
dc.titleAn Assessment on locally funded schemes as a preventive measure to human wildlife conflict and as a reasonable measure taken to protect crops, livestock or property from damage by wildlife
dc.typeThesis
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