Interrogates the narratives of" land grabbing" and" agricultural investment" through detailed
local studies that illuminate how these are experienced on the ground and the implications …

The importance of equity has been emphasized in climate change, biodiversity loss, land
degradation, and ecosystem restoration. However, equity implications are rarely considered …

In the drylands of northern Kenya, as elsewhere in Africa, traditional pastoralist social-
ecological systems are undergoing profound transformations. Diminishing resource …

In this paper, we explore the interactions between political, social and environmental
changes and forest governance in Kenya, through a study of Mukogodo forest in Laikipia …

Pastoral mobility is seen as the most effective strategy to make use of constantly shifting
resources. However, mobile pastoralism as a highly-valued strategy to manage grazing …

State-led development visions and the accompanying large-scale investments at the
geographical margins of Kenya rest on the potential of public–private partnerships to fast …

In drylands across the globe, natural resource-dependent societies are experiencing rapid
rates of environmental change as well as transforming social, economic, and political …

A defining scientific challenge of our time resides in capturing the complexities of the
processes of livelihood adaptation in contexts of accelerating environmental and social …

Over a quarter of the world's land surface is grazed by cattle and other livestock, which are
replacing wild herbivores and widely regarded as drivers of global biodiversity declines. The …

Interspecific competition has strong effects within carnivore guilds, and African wild dogs are
strongly limited by intraguild predation by lions and food loss to spotted hyenas. The …