Land use/land cover changes and their impact on the human-elephant conflict in Laikipia West District, Kenya
Abstract
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Changes in land use and cover between 1973 and 2008 in Laikipia
West district, Kenya was studied. The district shares a boundary
with a protected wildlife area that among others has elephants.
These often raid crops in addition to competing for browse with
livestock. The study carried out mainly using Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) technology revealed that grasslands
and plantations increased during the study period while the rest
of the land use systems (indigenous forests, EwasoNarok swamp,
dams and farms) decreased. In the same period, the elephant
population increased while human conflict cases fluctuated. It
is recommended that a migration corridor be established between
Laikipia ranch and Rumuruti, Lariak, and Marmanet forests to
allow movement of wild life without destroying crops.
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