The role of public involvement in wildlife‐livestock conflicts: The case of Narok ranchers in Kenya
Abstract Economic activity associated with wildlife is an important source of foreign exchange in Kenya. Not surprisingly, the needs and interests of those involved in this sector are given due consideration. The exception is the farmers and ranchers who live among the wildlife and whose cooperation is necessary for maintaining this resource. As a result, farmers and ranchers have developed increasingly negative attitudes toward wildlife. On the basis of field study data collected in the Narok District of Kenya, the article argues that ranchers have in the past derived traditional and economic uses from wildlife and that their acquired negative attitude is a result of their exclusion from involvement in the design and planning of wildlife projects and policies. Four strategies for dealing with this potential conflict and incorporating ranchers and farmers into the wildlife economic sector are discussed: (1) involving the ranchers in planning and implementing wildlife projects, (2) strengthening wildlife e...
The impact of socio-economic factors on the performance of community projects in westemKenyal
This paper examines the impact of selected socio-economic factors including the work ethic and the level of participation in rural development performance via community development projects among the Nandi people of western Kenya. Data was sourcedfrom a social survey of 27 randomly selected community development projects and a sample of329 respondents the intended beneficiaries of theprojects. The findings support the prediction that the prevailing work ethic, socio-economic factors and the participation in such projects have a paramount influence on community development performance. It is recommended that development planners, policymakers and implementers should lookfor new strategies of improving the community's socio-economic status as well as promoting the work ethic and participation level because these are the factors responsible for the poor performance of community development projects.
Effect of a new inhibitor of cholesterol biosynthesis (AY 9944) on serum and tissue sterols in the rat.
AY 9944 is a novel inhibitor of cholesterol biosynthesis which appears to act on the Delta 7-reductase enzyme, interfering with the conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholesterol. In all tissues studied, with the exception of the lens, there was a reduction in cholesterol and a marked accumulation of 7-dehydrocholesterol. Isotope studies showed a reduced uptake of acetate into cholesterol, and an increased uptake into 7-dehydrocholesterol, in various tissues in vivo and by skin samples in vitro. There was no apparent accumulation of lanosterol or of the methostenols in the rat skin.