Unique ecosystem in East Africa could collapse. Fencing threatens the Greater Mara.

Mette Løvschal

School of Culture and Society - Culture, Cognition and Computation, Department for

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The Greater Mara is a 668,500 hectare natural area in south-western Kenya which is home to a unique variety of wildlife. But it is also home to the famous Masai tribe. New research shows that the area is gravely threatened by man-made changes, and that fences are being erected in unprecedented numbers and at great speed.

Period	10 Feb 2017

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Title	NatureToday
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	NatureToday
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	Netherlands
Date	10/02/2017
URL	https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/en/naturereports/message/?msg=23235
Persons	Mette Løvschal

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Keywords

Fencing
Tenure
Maasai Mara
Tragedy of the commons
Land privatization

Unique ecosystem in East Africa could collapse. Fencing threatens the Greater Mara.

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Fencing bodes a rapid collapse of the unique Greater Mara ecosystem