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Evolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africa

R. S. Reid, D. Nkedianye, M. Y. Said, D. Kaelo, M. Neselle, O. Makui, L. Onetu, S. Kiruswa, N. Ole Kamuaro, P. Kristjanson, J. Ogutu, S. B. BurnSilver, M. J. Goldman, R. B. Boone, K. A. Galvin, N. M. Dickson, and W. C. Clark
  1. aInternational Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya;
  2. bCenter for Collaborative Conservation and
  3. cNatural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523;
  4. dReto-o-Reto Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Athi-River, Kenya;
  5. eCentre for the Study of Environmental Change and Sustainability, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JN, Scotland, United Kingdom;
  6. fAfrican Wildlife Foundation, P.O. Box 48177, Nairobi, Kenya;
  7. gAfrican Wildlife Foundation, P.O. Box 2658, Arusha, Tanzania;
  8. hSchool of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775;
  9. iDepartment of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309;
  10. jSustainability Science Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

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PNAS April 26, 2016 113 (17) 4579-4584; first published November 3, 2009; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0900313106
R. S. Reid
aInternational Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya;
bCenter for Collaborative Conservation and
cNatural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523;
dReto-o-Reto Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Athi-River, Kenya;
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  • For correspondence: robin.reid@colostate.edu
D. Nkedianye
aInternational Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya;
dReto-o-Reto Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Athi-River, Kenya;
eCentre for the Study of Environmental Change and Sustainability, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JN, Scotland, United Kingdom;
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M. Y. Said
aInternational Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya;
dReto-o-Reto Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Athi-River, Kenya;
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D. Kaelo
aInternational Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya;
dReto-o-Reto Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Athi-River, Kenya;
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M. Neselle
aInternational Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya;
dReto-o-Reto Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Athi-River, Kenya;
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O. Makui
aInternational Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya;
dReto-o-Reto Foundation, P.O. Box 553, Athi-River, Kenya;
fAfrican Wildlife Foundation, P.O. Box 48177, Nairobi, Kenya;
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L. Onetu
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S. Kiruswa
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gAfrican Wildlife Foundation, P.O. Box 2658, Arusha, Tanzania;
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N. Ole Kamuaro
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P. Kristjanson
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J. Ogutu
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S. B. BurnSilver
hSchool of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775;
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R. B. Boone
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W. C. Clark
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  1. Edited by Robert W. Kates, Independent Scholar, 33 Popple Point, Trenton, ME, and approved May 20, 2009 (received for review January 15, 2009)

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Abstract

We developed a “continual engagement” model to better integrate knowledge from policy makers, communities, and researchers with the goal of promoting more effective action to balance poverty alleviation and wildlife conservation in 4 pastoral ecosystems of East Africa. The model involved the creation of a core boundary-spanning team, including community facilitators, a policy facilitator, and transdisciplinary researchers, responsible for linking with a wide range of actors from local to global scales. Collaborative researcher−facilitator community teams integrated local and scientific knowledge to help communities and policy makers improve herd quality and health, expand biodiversity payment schemes, develop land-use plans, and fully engage together in pastoral and wildlife policy development. This model focused on the creation of hybrid scientific−local knowledge highly relevant to community and policy maker needs. The facilitation team learned to be more effective by focusing on noncontroversial livelihood issues before addressing more difficult wildlife issues, using strategic and periodic engagement with most partners instead of continual engagement, and reducing costs by providing new scientific information only when deemed essential. We conclude by examining the role of facilitation in redressing asymmetries in power in researcher−community−policy maker teams, the role of individual values and character in establishing trust, and how to sustain knowledge-action links when project funding ends.

  • outreach
  • power
  • trust
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be sent at the present address: Center for Collaborative Conservation, 1401 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. E-mail: robin.reid{at}colostate.edu.
  • Author contributions: R.S.R., D.N., M.Y.S., D.K., M.N., O.M., L.O., S.K., P.K., J.O., S.B.B., M.J.G., R.B.B., and K.A.G. designed research; R.S.R., D.N., M.Y.S., D.K., M.N., O.M., L.O., S.K., P.K., J.O., S.B.B., M.J.G., R.B.B., and K.A.G. performed research; R.S.R., N.O.K., N.M.D., and W.C.C. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; R.S.R., M.Y.S., S.K., P.K., J.O., S.B.B., M.J.G., and R.B.B. analyzed data; and R.S.R., D.N., and P.K. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This paper results from the Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium of the National Academy of Sciences, “Linking Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Development,” held April 3–4, 2008, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. The complete program and audio files of most presentations are available on the NAS web site at: www.nasonline.org/SACKLER_sustainable_development.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/0900313106/DCSupplemental.

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Evolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africa
R. S. Reid, D. Nkedianye, M. Y. Said, D. Kaelo, M. Neselle, O. Makui, L. Onetu, S. Kiruswa, N. Ole Kamuaro, P. Kristjanson, J. Ogutu, S. B. BurnSilver, M. J. Goldman, R. B. Boone, K. A. Galvin, N. M. Dickson, W. C. Clark
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