Lewa Impact Report 2022
Since its inception, Lewa has been steadfast in its pursuit of wildlife conservation and community-centered programming. Over the course of…
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The Lewa Conservation Education department recently published a journal dubbed "Integrating Conservation Education Content Into The National School Curriculum Through Educational Technology To Promote Environmental Action"…
Bongos from Florida to be repatriated to Mt. Kenya. Black Rhinos at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (LWC) returning to the Mt. Kenya ecosystem. The Kenya Forest…
Every year on 31st July we join the world in acknowledging and appreciating the vital efforts our rangers put into the protection and preservation of…
Annual Research and Monitoring Reports
Peer reviewed Papers
- Bonnet, P., Joly, A., Faton, J. M., Brown, S., Kimiti, D., Deneu, B., … & Vignau, C. (2020). How citizen scientists contribute to monitor protected areas thanks to automatic plant identification tools. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 1(2), e12023.
- Kimiti, D. W., Ganguli, A. C., Herrick, J. E., & Bailey, D. W. (2020). Evaluation of Restoration Success to Inform Future Restoration Efforts in Acacia reficiens Invaded Rangelands in Northern Kenya. Ecological Restoration, 38(2), 105-113.
- Kimiti, D. W., Ganguli, A. C., Herrick, J. E., Karl, J. W., & Bailey, D. W. (2020). A Decision Support System for Incorporating Land Potential Information in the Evaluation of Restoration Outcomes. Ecological Restoration, 38(2), 94-104.
- Davidson, Z., Dupuis-Desormeaux, M., Dheer, A., Pratt, L., Preston, E., Gilicho, S., Mwololo, M., Chege, G., MacDonald, S.E., & Doncaster, C. P. (2019). Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul: managing threatened predators of endangered and declining prey species. PeerJ, 7, e7916.
- Dupuis-Desormeaux, M., Kaaria, T. N., Mwololo, M., Davidson, Z., & MacDonald, S. E. (2018). A ghost fence-gap: surprising wildlife usage of an obsolete fence crossing. PeerJ, 6, e5950.
- Green, S. E., Davidson, Z., Kaaria, T., & Doncaster, C. P. (2018). Do wildlife corridors link or extend habitat? Insights from elephant use of a Kenyan wildlife corridor. African journal of ecology, 56(4), 860-871.
- Dupuis-Désormeaux, M., Davidson, Z., Mwololo, M., Kisio, E., & MacDonald, S. E. (2016). Usage of specialized fence-gaps in a black rhinoceros conservancy in Kenya. African Journal of Wildlife Research, 46(1), 22-32.
- Dupuis-Desormeaux, M., Davidson, Z., Pratt, L., Mwololo, M., & MacDonald, S. E. (2016). Testing the effects of perimeter fencing and elephant exclosures on lion predation patterns in a Kenyan wildlife conservancy. PeerJ, 4, e1681.
- Dupuis-Desormeaux, M., Davidson, Z., Mwololo, M., Kisio, E., Taylor, S., & MacDonald, S. E. (2015). Testing the prey-trap hypothesis at two wildlife conservancies in Kenya. PLoS One, 10(10), e0139537.
- Mutinda, M., Chege, G., Gakuya, F., Otiende, M., Omondi, P., Kasiki, S., … & Alasaad, S. (2014). Detusking fence-breaker elephants as an approach in human-elephant conflict mitigation. PloS One, 9(3), e91749.
Masters and PhD Theses and Dissertations
- Jackson, Lara. 2018. Browse Availability and Resource Utilisation By The Eastern Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) on Two Wildlife Conservancies in Kenya. MRes Dissertation, University of Southampton.
- Dheer, Arjun. 2016. Resource Partitioning Between Spotted Hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) and Lions (Panthera Leo). MRes Dissertation, University of Southampton.
- Green, Sian. 2016. Movement and Distribution of the African Elephant Loxodonta africana Within the Mount Kenya Elephant Corridor. MRes Dissertation, University of Southampton.
- Sargent, Rebecca. 2016. Investigating the Effects of Grassland Management Techniques on Vegetation and Wildlife at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya. MRes Dissertation, University of Southampton.
- Cabral, Surendranie J. 2015. Elephant Movement and Resource Utilisation in a Fenced Environment. MRes Dissertation, University of Southampton.
- Nganga, Irene N. 2014. Influence of Cattle Grazing and Glade Areas on Invertebrate Assemblages in a Savanna Ecosystem, Northern Kenya. MSc Thesis, University of Nairobi.
- Winmill, Natalie E. 2014. The Mount Kenya Elephant Corridor’s Utilisation by Elephants and its Perceived Success. MRes Dissertation, University of Southampton.
- Kariuki, Rebecca R. 2011. Effects of Cattle Grazing and Trampling on Herbaceous Vegetation Quality in Semi-Arid Rangelands of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya. MSc Thesis, University of Nairobi.
- Mwololo, Mary N. 2011. The Impact of Predation on Grevy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi) Population on Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. MSc Thesis, University of Nairobi.
- Tupper, Elizabeth. 2011. Foal Survival and Resource Ecology of Lactating Grevy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi) Females. MA Thesis, Columbia University.
Technical Reports
- IRP (2019). Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: An International Resource Panel Think Piece. Herrick, J.E., Abrahamse, T., Abhilash, P.C., Ali, S.H., Alvarez-Torres, P., Barau, A.S., Branquinho, C., Chhatre, A., Chotte, J.L., Cowie, A.L., Davis, K.F., Edrisi, S.A., Fennessy, M.S., Fletcher, S., Flores-Díaz, A.C., Franco, I.B., Ganguli, A.C., Speranza, C.I, Kamar, M.J., Kaudia, A.A., Kimiti, D.W., Luz, A.C., Matos, P., Metternicht, G., Neff, J., Nunes, A., Olaniyi, A.O., Pinho, P., Primmer, E., Quandt, A., Sarkar, P., Scherr, S.J., Singh, A., Sudoi, V., von Maltitz, G.P., Wertz, L., Zeleke, G. A think piece of the International Resource Panel. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
- Giesen, W., Giesen, P., & Giesen, K., (2017). Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Habitat Changes 1962-2016. Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Laikipia County, Kenya.
- Giesen, W., Giesen, P., & Giesen, K. (2007). Habitat Changes at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya. From cattle ranch to conservation area: effects of changing management on habitat from 1962-2006. Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Laikipia District, Kenya.
- Giesen, W., Giesen, P., & Giesen, K., (2007). Flora and Vegetation of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy: An introduction to the plants and vegetation types found at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya.
