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- Title
The management effectiveness of protected areas in Kenya.
- Authors
Onditi, Kenneth Otieno; Li, Xueyou; Song, Wenyu; Li, Quan; Musila, Simon; Mathenge, James; Kioko, Esther; Jiang, Xuelong
- Abstract
Merely designating new and/or expanding existing protected areas (PAs) does not guarantee the protection of critical ecosystems and species. The management of PAs must be effective to sustain meaningful conservational outcomes. We inferred the management effectiveness of PAs in Kenya based on the representation of ranges and distribution of multiple diversity dimensions of terrestrial mammals and their association with governance and designation types. We hypothesized that different governance types underlie variable management efficacies, such that stricter-managed PAs have better habitats that attract more wildlife, translating to higher species diversity compared to less strictly-managed PAs, especially for focal species groups (large carnivores, large herbivores, and endangered species). The results showed nearly all terrestrial mammals in Kenya represented in at least one PA. However, the relative proportion of represented ranges were low, and analysis of spatial conservation prioritization showed significant expansion beyond current PAs needed to achieve a one third coverage of focal species' ranges in a best-solution reserve system. Differences in PA governance and designation types were not systematically associated with diversity variances, and while there were more unique species in state-managed PAs than in privately-managed ones, averaged diversity coefficients were comparable between categories. Diversity variances explained by PA size and status year were low in a combined species pool but increased in focal species groups. These findings suggest that success in terrestrial mammal conservation in PAs in Kenya require clearly and formally streamlined definition, performance feedback, and collaboration terms between state-managed and privately-managed PAs.
- Subjects
KENYA; PROTECTED areas; MAMMAL conservation; ENDANGERED species; SPECIES pools; SPECIES diversity; HABITATS
- Publication
Biodiversity & Conservation, 2021, Vol 30, Issue 13, p3813
- ISSN
0960-3115
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10531-021-02276-7