Climate Change
Climate change represents a major threat to global biodiversity, and in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem it is apparent as increased variability and irregularity of rainfall.
Fires have a negative effect on rhinos
In African savannas, natural resource managers frequently use fire as a tool to manage wildlife habitats; fire can help regenerate grass for grazers, reduce encroachment of bushes, and control ticks and diseases. Read more
Termites and litter type regulate root decomposition
A new publication from Stuart W. Smith has been accepted. Co-authors are James D. M. Speed, John Bukombe, Shombe N. Hassan, Richard D. Lyamuya… Read more
NTNU Master students – Doing our field work in Serengeti
We, Marit, Vilde and Anders, all Norwegian master students in Ecology and Natural Resources Management, headed out to Serengeti one after the other from January to the end of December 2017. Read more
Investigating poaching trends in the Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem, Kenya and Tanzania
A new MSc thesis has evaluated spatiotemporal patterns in poaching across the boundary of the Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem (MSE). Read more
Burning aliens’ in the park
Spotting a polar bear preying on a wildebeest or a kangaroo hopping away from a lion may seem out of place on a safari in Africa. Nevertheless, in the plant kingdom the establishment and naturalization… Read more
Urgent response needed to protect Kenya’s wildlife
Dr. Joseph O. Ogutu from University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, writes about the dramatic decline in wildlife in Kenya and that there is no more time to waste in protecting wildlife in the region… Read more
Flagship ecosystems… serve nature ‘and’ people
The European Commission featured a story about AfricanBioServices on their web site. Read more
AfricanBioServices in China
Professors Julius Nyahongo and Eivin Røskaft were invited to “Hainan Normal University” in Haikou, China, to give talks about AfricanBioServices. Read more
The Masai Mara: ‘It will not be long before it’s gone’
The Masai Mara region is about to become an environmental disaster. Joseph Ogutu, actively involved in AfricanBioServices comments on the situation… Read more