1. Community Mobilization, Design and Partnership Arrangements in Conservancies Enabling Livestock Based Economies in Kenya to Adapt to Climate Change: A Review of PES from Wildlife Tourism as a Climate Change Adaptation Option ILRI, Nairobi, 15 February Dickson ole Kaelo, Basecamp Foundation Kenya Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi

2. Community Mobilization
Why Mobilize
Understanding the community
Understanding the issue (s)
Facilitating open Dialogue
The shared vision, the obstacle to the attainment of the vision, the historical challenges
The role of Research and Research Dissemination – Reto o Reto project

4. The motivation Government Policy – e.g KWS Policy for community areas
A conservation organization e.g AWF, WWF, ACC
Tourism operator(s) – self motivated or response to opinion leader(s) request
Importing lessons from ‘successful’ case studies
Lessons e.g learning from past mistakes

5. Setting the Agenda – Problem analysis

6. The Road to a Conservancy
2 yr
Community Mobilization/readiness Phase
Community Voicing
Informal & formal Consultations
The trigger/catalyst
Community negotiators
Conservancy Boundary setting
Community Mobilization – general information meetings
Formation of community committees and subgroups – Representation
Approaching partners

7. 9. Negotiations/advocacy/campaign – leadership, interest groups, membership
10. Signing of contracts or consensus
11. Launch event
12. Community projects – for buy in
13. Education tours
14. Annual General Meeting

8. Conservancy development
Mapping of Resources and key features
Setting up of legal structure and business model
Management plan & code of conduct
Environmental Impact Assessment
Recruitment of Conservancy management
Planning and Evaluation Ecostorm
Marketing – website, blog, facebook, press articles and documentaries

9. The stakeholders – Diverse & Different

10. Many stakeholders, diverse needs, Conflicting interests
Expectation
Landowner(s)
Income, control, information, recognition, access, healthy land, grass, water, lots of fat cows/shoats
Tourism investor(s)
Profits, Access, exclusive use, control, best tourism product, many lions, few cows
Conservation organization
Conservation goals, community benefits
Adjacent Community
Pastures, water, salt licks, social projects
Conservancy Management
Stakeholder interest,conservation goals
Supporters (technical & financial)
Measurable longterm Success
Government
Tourism revenue, contribute to Vision 2030, MDGs, National Conservation goals

11. stakeholders engagement
Market day outings
Informal (section based meetings)
Negotiating committee
Land Owners Committee, sub committees, executive board
Enkig’uena (community parliament)
Community Liaison officer/facilitator
Formal Meetings with partners
Partners exclusive meetings

12. Operational Structure

13. Legal tools Companies Act Registered Land Leases Management Agreement
License to operate
Code of Conduct
Management Plans/master plans
EIAs

14. Revenue Management designs
Conservation fee collection – Monthly or quarterly distribution (equaly or based on land holding
Negotiated Guaranteed rent per/Ha per year
Provisions for increment – adhoc, pegged on inflation, 5 year reviews
Additional benefits – Bednight fee, murram fee,

15. Conservancy Management designs
Members acting as managers
Employed external Manager
Contracted company
Shared contracted management

16. Mara Conservancies 103,000Ha

17. The Challenge Lack of a policy framework – Draft Wildlife Bill????
High cost – Land lease tax, negotiation process, payment of landowners, management costs, preparation of management plans,
Income dilution thro’ intergenerational land subdivision
Challenges affecting tourism
Tourism – Pastoralism conflicts
Non Members influence and dissatisfaction
Lack of an ecosystem wide plan to guide conservancy development

18. Ashe Oleng - Thanks