Tanzania's Maasai, wildlife corridor face growing pressure

Meanwhile, well-funded conservation efforts are attracting scrutiny amid rising Maasai eviction cases.Beyond Arusha, the ...

The human cost of wildlife conservation in Tanzania

Trophy hunting interests are turning the screw on northern Tanzania's Maasai communities and wildlife paradise. Meanwhile, ...
Yahoo

Kenya conservation areas evolve to keep Maasai and wildlife together

At dawn in a village in Kenya's Maasai Mara wilderness, zebras rouse themselves and head away from the huts where they like to sleep as protection from lions. Bernard Kirokor, 21, recounts watching an ...
Mongabay

In Kenya, Maasai private landowners come together to protect wildlife corridors

The Nashulai Maasai Conservancy in Kenya is entirely owned and managed by Maasai people and covers 2,400 hectares of land to protect biodiversity and secure land rights. Maasai herders lease their ...
Christian Science Monitor

Maasai women are told to stay home. These rangers fight poachers instead.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Mongabay

Controversial study finds cattle and wildlife can co-exist in Kenya’s Maasai Mara

A new study conducted in Kenya is challenging the conventional wisdom that cattle are inherently bad for wildlife, reports Mongabay’s Ashoka Mukpo. In contrast to previous research, the recent study ...
CounterPunch

Reviving the Serengeti: How Maasai Women’s Dairy Initiatives Protect Wildlife and Communities

The Serengeti—whose name means “endless plains” in the Maasai language—is one of the most renowned natural landscapes in the world. Spanning northern Tanzania and extending into southwestern Kenya, ...