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.
Restoring Norwegian mountains and African savannahs
Norway’s Arctic fox and the African wild dog have more in common than merely being canids. They are both threatened with extinction and the survival of their populations are actively assisted by reintroduction projects. Humans have altered terrestrial ecosystems to such a degree that the Earth’s most recent geological time period is referred to as
The Giving Trees of the African Savannahs
Shel Silverstein’s classic children’s novel, “The Giving Tree”, details the relationship between a boy and a tree. In the course of the boy’s life the tree provides the boy with everything: Read more
Where are the Serengeti’s Wild Dogs?
In 1991, the wild dogs started to disappear from Serengeti national park, due to the steadily increasing population of lions and hyenas. Read more
Play as Practice: Games for a better future in the Serengeti Ecosytem
AfricanBioServices has created its own board game that informs local communities about conservation in East Africa while they are having fun. Read more
Local communities are more than just data points
At the end of a field trip at the border of Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya, interviewing local communities, I had a bright idea that our community facilitator owned land and could fill in one of our interview questionnaires. Read more
The Fourth and Final Meeting of the AfricanBioServices Consortium
Scientists and scholars from Tanzania, the Netherlands, Kenya, Norway, South Africa, USA, Germany, Denmark, and Scotland presented years of research on the Greater-Serengeti Mara Ecosystem. Read more
Human-Wildlife Conflicts and compensation for losses in Kenya
Human-wildlife conflicts are common in Kenya because of the high wildlife population and diversity, and because most wildlife is found outside of protected areas. Joseph Mbyati Mukeka has studied human-wildlife conflicts in Kenya as part of his doctoral work at NTNU. At June 7 he will defend his thesis. When humans and wildlife compete over
Doctoral thesis on human-wildlife conflicts in the Ruaha-Rungwa Ecosystem in Tanzania
Human wildlife interactions pose challenges for humans living around wildlife protection areas. At the same time, they affect wildlife negatively, undermining conservation efforts. Kwaslema Malle Hariohay has studied human-wildlife interactions in the Ruaha-Rungwa Ecosystem in Tanzania as part of his doctoral work at NTNU. At June 6 he will defend his thesis. Distance from
The Serengeti-Mara squeeze – one of the world’s most iconic ecosystems under pressure
Increased human activity around one of Africa’s most iconic ecosystems is “squeezing the wildlife in its core” Read more
The EU Commission shared news from the AfricanBioServices project
The EU Commission, through The Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) shared news from the AfricanBioServices project. Read more