Kenya Fieldtrip

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Kenya Fieldtrip
Maasai Centre for Field Studies May/June 2007
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8 Nights at the Maasai Centre for Field Studies
(www.maasaicentre.org) Midway between Amboseli
and Tsavo West National Parks A fully
supported educational safari
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Maasai Centre
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The Maasai Centre, 25km from Mount
Kilimanjaro, provides a comfortable base for
living and learning. Over 200 uclan
students have stayed here since 1998
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Conservation From fortress to
community-based approaches Environment
Impacts of successful and less unsuccessful
conservation policies Natural Resources
Competition and conflict
Key themes
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Visits
Kimana Wildlife Sanctuary A community-based
conservation and ecotourism project adjacent to
the Maasai Centre.
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Amboseli National Park Once land owned by
the Maasai themselves. A key wildlife conservatio
n area.
Visits.
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Well visit our neighbours in the Kuku Maasai
community to learn their views on wildlife
conservation.
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Well visit our neighbours in the Kuku Maasai
community to learn their views on wildlife
conservation.
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Well get to study the savannah and the role
wildlife and people play in shaping this most
famous of landscapes
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Not always on foot though!
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Assessment A field notebook (50) and a
magazine-style report (50) focusing on one
specific aspect of wildlife Conservation in
Kenyas Maasailand.
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Further Details The trip is scheduled for
September 2007, before the start of teaching in
the new academic year. Please contact Dr Chris
Southgate (School of Natural Resources) for
further information. There will be a meeting and
presentation about this elective during February
2007.
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To find out more..
Contact Dr Chris Southgate crjsouthgate_at_uclan.ac.u
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