DISPLACEMENT FOR CONSERVATION: LIVELIHOOD ADAPTATIONS TO NATIONAL PARKS IN EAST AFRICA

Vayda, Barbara

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dc.contributor	Piombo, Jessica R.
dc.contributor	Meierding, Emily L.
dc.contributor	National Security Affairs (NSA)
dc.creator	Vayda, Barbara
dc.date	2022-02-11T00:14:21Z
dc.date	2022-02-11T00:14:21Z
dc.date	2021-12
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-19T07:34:01Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-19T07:34:01Z
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10945/68758
dc.identifier	34884
dc.identifier	681, Middle East, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/100047
dc.description	This thesis examines the livelihood implications of exclusionary conservation policies in East Africa. Specifically, it evaluates the livelihood adaptations of indigenous groups in reaction to national parks-induced displacement. Current conservation schemes have linkages to the original colonial-era scramble for Africa, which instituted sweeping changes to customary land access and use. This thesis utilized an adapted version of the Impoverishment Risks for Displaced Populations framework to conduct case studies of multiple indigenous groups displaced and living adjacent to both Mount Elgon National Park and Serengeti National Park. Indigenous adaptations indicate that reactions to conservation-based displacement follow similar patterns. Displaced groups are not passive victims and instead, turn to legal and extralegal methods to reassert land access and use, which can become a destabilizing force. This thesis argues that similar adaptation strategies may facilitate the construction of more effective conservation policies.
dc.description	Major, United States Air Force
dc.description	Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.publisher	Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
dc.rights	This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
dc.subject	displacement
dc.subject	land use
dc.subject	customary law
dc.subject	colonialism
dc.subject	conservation
dc.subject	East Africa
dc.subject	protected areas
dc.subject	national parks
dc.subject	indigenous livelihoods
dc.subject	Maasai
dc.subject	Serengeti National Park
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.subject	Sabaot
dc.subject	Ogiek
dc.subject	Bagisu
dc.subject	Sabiny
dc.subject	Benet
dc.subject	Mount Elgon National Park
dc.subject	Kenya
dc.subject	Uganda
dc.subject	dispossession
dc.subject	green militarization
dc.subject	Uganda Wildlife Authority
dc.subject	Kenya Wildlife Service
dc.subject	Tanzania National Parks Authority
dc.title	DISPLACEMENT FOR CONSERVATION: LIVELIHOOD ADAPTATIONS TO NATIONAL PARKS IN EAST AFRICA
dc.type	Thesis