1975 - Kenya’s wildlife conservancies make old men rich, while making women and young people poorer
One response to these challenges was the emergence in Kenya, around 2003-2004, of wildlife conservancies. These are areas of privately, group or communally owned land, leased for the conservation of wildlife and their habitats. In Kenya, these leases can be for as long as 25 years. But conservancies face their own challenges. Particularly because of how land is owned and who participates in the model. Our study in Kenya’s Mara ecosystem reveals that land-rich older men reap the biggest rewa...