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1 This program was introduced as a pilot effort by the Friends of Nairobi National Park (FoNNaP), a local conservation NGO, with support from the Wildlife Trust (USA). In 2002, the program was transferred to the Wildlife Foundation (a Kenyan NGO), which aims to expand it sufficiently to establish a sustainable trust fund such that the program runs off the interest payments. This program has experienced considerable donor interest (since it is a potential model for other conservation areas such as Amboseli and Mara) and pledges of support from the Kenyan government. In 2007, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) began to pay an annual amount of KSh 900,000 (about US $13,235) to support this program. More support has been pledged by KWS and other donors, but only time will tell whether the support will arrive before it is too late to save Kitengela's remaining wildlife).
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3 This only includes households that were cultivating, and it includes the value of crops consumed within the household plus income from crop sales.
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4 Each household was asked to estimate the current value of their landholdings. They gave a low-high range, and we used the average in the analysis.
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5 Gross returns from animal, milk and other animal product sales; these results are not shown here, but are available on request from the authors.
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Nkedianye, D., Radeny, M., Kristjanson, P., Herrero, M. (2009). Assessing Returns to Land and Changing Livelihood Strategies in Kitengela. In: Homewood, K., Kristjanson, P., Trench, P.C. (eds) Staying Maasai?. Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, vol 5. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87492-0_4
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