People, Wildlife and Livestock in the Mara Ecosystem: the Mara Count 2002
The great savannas of eastern Africa — cradle of humankind, home to traditional nomadic pastoralists, and last refuge of some of the most spectacular wildlife populations on earth — are in trouble. Notwithstanding 20 years of highly committed wildlife conservation, much of the wildlife in several regions of Kenya and Uganda (and to a lesser extent, Tanzania) has disappeared in just the last 20 years. The Mara part of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem is of particular concern because nearly 70% of