community mobilization, design and partnership arrangements in conservancies
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Presented by Dickson ole Kaelo at the Workshop on Enabling Livestock Based Economies in Kenya to Adapt to Climate Change: A Review of PES from Wildlife Tourism as a Climate Change Adaptation Option, ILRI, Nairobi, 15 February 2012TRANSCRIPT
Community Mobilization, Design and Partnership Arrangements in Conservancies
Enabling Livestock Based Economies in Kenya to Adapt to Climate Change: A Review of PES from Wildlife Tourism as a
Climate Change Adaptation Option ILRI, Nairobi, 15 February 2012
Dickson ole Kaelo, Basecamp Foundation Kenya
Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi
Community Mobilization
• Why Mobilize
• Understanding the community
• Understanding the issue (s)
• Facilitating open Dialogue
• The shared vision, the obstacle to the attainment of the
vision, the historical challenges
The role of Research and Research Dissemination – Reto o Reto project
The motivation• Government Policy – e.g KWS Policy for
community areas• A conservation organization e.g AWF, WWF,
ACC• Tourism operator(s) – self motivated or
response to opinion leader(s) request • Importing lessons from ‘successful’ case
studies• Lessons e.g learning from past mistakes
Setting the Agenda – Problem analysis
The Road to a Conservancy
Community Mobilization/readiness Phase1. Community Voicing
2. Informal & formal Consultations
3. The trigger/catalyst
4. Community negotiators
5. Conservancy Boundary setting
6. Community Mobilization – general information meetings
7. Formation of community committees and subgroups – Representation
8. Approaching partners
2 yr
9. Negotiations/advocacy/campaign – leadership, interest groups, membership
10. Signing of contracts or consensus
11. Launch event
12. Community projects – for buy in
13. Education tours
14. Annual General Meeting
Conservancy development
• Mapping of Resources and key features
• Setting up of legal structure and
business model
• Management plan & code of conduct
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Recruitment of Conservancy
management
• Planning and Evaluation Ecostorm
• Marketing – website, blog, facebook,
press articles and documentaries
The stakeholders – Diverse & Different
Many stakeholders, diverse needs, Conflicting interests
Stakeholder Expectation
Landowner(s) Income, control, information, recognition, access, healthy land, grass, water, lots of fat cows/shoats
Tourism investor(s) Profits, Access, exclusive use, control, best tourism product, many lions, few cows
Conservation organization Conservation goals, community benefits
Adjacent Community Pastures, water, salt licks, social projects
Conservancy Management Stakeholder interest,conservation goals
Supporters (technical & financial) Measurable longterm Success
Government Tourism revenue, contribute to Vision 2030, MDGs, National Conservation goals
stakeholders engagement• Market day outings
• Informal (section based meetings)
• Negotiating committee
• Land Owners Committee, sub committees, executive
board
• Enkig’uena (community parliament)
• Community Liaison officer/facilitator
• Formal Meetings with partners
• Partners exclusive meetings
Operational Structure
Legal tools
• Companies Act
• Registered Land Leases
• Management Agreement
• License to operate
• Code of Conduct
• Management Plans/master plans
• EIAs
Revenue Management designs
• Conservation fee collection – Monthly or quarterly
distribution (equaly or based on land holding
• Negotiated Guaranteed rent per/Ha per year
• Provisions for increment – adhoc, pegged on inflation, 5 year
reviews
• Additional benefits – Bednight fee, murram fee,
Conservancy Management designs
• Members acting as managers
• Employed external Manager
• Contracted company
• Shared contracted management
Mara Conservancies 103,000Ha
The Challenge
• Lack of a policy framework – Draft Wildlife Bill????
• High cost – Land lease tax, negotiation process, payment of
landowners, management costs, preparation of
management plans,
• Income dilution thro’ intergenerational land subdivision
• Challenges affecting tourism
• Tourism – Pastoralism conflicts
• Non Members influence and dissatisfaction
• Lack of an ecosystem wide plan to guide conservancy
development
Ashe Oleng - Thanks