Sökning: "Maasai community"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden Maasai community.

1. 1. “We have to speak one language to stop FGM“ : Inside and outside perspectives on challenges and strategies related to the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting within the Maasai in the Northern central part of in Tanzania

   Kandidat-uppsats,

   Författare :Anna Bergman; Stina Olausson; [2023]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a universal concern, with more than 200 million girls and women alive today who have undergone the practice primarily concentrated in Africa. The Maasai, a semi-nomadic ethnic group inhabiting the Northern Central part of Tanzania, have the highest rate of FGM/C in the whole country. LÄS MER

3. 2. The sensitivity of the Maasai Mara Conservancy Model to external shocks

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Författare :Shreya Chakrabarti; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Environmentality; environmental governance; ecotourism; community-based conservation; neoliberal conservation; Covid-19 pandemic;

   Sammanfattning : Biodiversity loss caused by human activities is considered to be one of the greatest challenges to the stability of our planet. Protected areas emerged as a solution to this challenge, but they are not always successful due to the exclusion and displacement of local communities that live in proximity to the protected area, especially in low income countries. LÄS MER

4. 3. Renewable Energy and the Resettlement of Local Communities - A Case Study of the Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant and the Maasai Community

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Författare :Alva Damberg; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Renewable energy projects; pastoralism; Maasai community; power relations in political ecology; resettlement action plans; indigenous land rights; Kenya; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The government of Kenya has committed to run on 100% renewable energy by 2030 as part of the new national development goals, and as a result, the country calls for the construction of additional energy plants. However, the construction of these energy plants have in many cases affected local communities who have been forced to relocate to other areas. LÄS MER

5. 4. The expansion of agriculture in Kenya and its effect on the African elephant

   Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Författare :Charlotte Öhman; [2015]
   Nyckelord :African elephant; Loxodonta africana; crop raiding; agriculture; expansion;

   Sammanfattning : The human-elephant conflict is the biggest threat to the population of African elephants (Loxodonta africana). One example of this is elephants entering and raiding cropland that sometimes destroys farmers' major source of income. Methods of preventing crop-raids often result in fatal injuries for both people and elephants. LÄS MER

7. 5. Rural and urban attitudes towards wildlife : a comparison within Kenya and with Sweden

   Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Författare :Maria Barlow; [2012]
   Nyckelord :attitudes; wildlife; wild animals; urban; rural; kenya; africa; conflict; wold; sweden;

   Sammanfattning : Conflicts between man and animal have existed and persisted for a very long time. The most common sources of conflict are predation and destruction of crops, as well as land, caused by wild animals. Studies have shown that the most usual causes influencing attitudes are profession, previous experiences, proximity to wildlife (i.e. LÄS MER