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WHAT WE HAVE PUBLISHED

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WHAT WE HAVE PUBLISHED

We regurarly write and contribure to peer-reviewed publications

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A Guide to Carbon Projects For Conservancies
2025

The guide is designed to help conservancies navigate the complex and rapidly evolving carbon sector by providing clear information on its risks, opportunities, and processes, particularly within the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM). Focused on Kenya’s terrestrial conservancies, it supports members, managers, boards, NGOs, and stakeholders in assessing whether and how to develop carbon projects that deliver equitable social, ecological, and financial benefits. It was developed by the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), with technical support from Sustain East Africa, in response to growing interest among conservancies in carbon-based revenue opportunities, and is informed by research, expert insights, and extensive engagement with conservancy managers.

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SKG 10 Year Strategy CI
2025-2026

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Conservation in Southern Kenya
2025

Guiding Conservation investment for a people-centered approach to conservation.

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A Gude to Carbon Projects For Conservancies
2025

The guide is designed to help conservancies navigate the complex and rapidly evolving carbon sector by providing clear information on its risks, opportunities, and processes, particularly within the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM). Focused on Kenya’s terrestrial conservancies, it supports members, managers, boards, NGOs, and stakeholders in assessing whether and how to develop carbon projects that deliver equitable social, ecological, and financial benefits. It was developed by the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), with technical support from Sustain East Africa, in response to growing interest among conservancies in carbon-based revenue opportunities, and is informed by research, expert insights, and extensive engagement with conservancy managers.

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SKG 10 Year Strategy CI
2025-2026

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Conservation in Southern Kenya
2025

Guiding Conservation investment for a people-centered approach to conservation.

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Diagnosing scaling bottlenecks in 10 community conservation initiatives in southern and eastern Africa . T Pienkowski, M Clark, A Jagadish, A Albert, M Brar, T Breedveld, ... Conservation Biology, e70149
First, do no harm? Dark logic models, social injustice, and the prevention of iatrogenic conservation outcomes C Cavanagh, P Brehony. Biological Conservation 289, 110380
Bridging the conservation and development trade‐off? A working landscape critique of a conservancy in the Maasai Mara P Tyrrell, L Evans, P Brehony, P Wood, R Karimi, D ole Kaelo, F Hunter, ...Ecological Solutions and Evidence 5 (3), e12369 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.547d7wmh6. 2024
Hunting trophy import bans proposed by the UK may be ineffective and inequitable as conservation policies in multiple social‐ecological contexts DA Clark, P Brehony, A Dickman, L Foote, AG Hart, C Jonga, MM Mbiza, ...Conservation Letters 16 (2), e12935 2023
A fine balance: history, governance and pastoralism result in positive conservation outcomes in Southern Kenya , P Brehony, N Leader-Williams, Journeys to More Equitable and Effective Conservation: The Central Role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Issue No. 23. Policy Matters. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 2023
The role of elections as drivers of tropical deforestation , J Morpurgo, WD Kissling, P Tyrrell, PJ Negret, PM van Bodegom, JR Allan, Biological Conservation 279, 109832, 2023
Socio-political and ecological fragility of threatened, free-ranging African lion populations SK Nicholson, A Dickman, A Hinks, J Riggio, H Bauer, A Loveridge, ... Communications Earth & Environment 4 (1), 302, 2023
Flight behavioural responses for African ungulates across species and vegetation covers in a trophy hunting ecosystem: A case study from Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania EP Mremi, FM Mombo, M Muganda, P Brehony, MH Kimaro Open Journal of Ecology 13, 525-535 https://doi.org/10.4236/oje.2023.138032. 2023.
Community Perceptions and socio-demographic influence on trophy hunting in Rungwa Game Reserve, Tanzania ,FF Msigwa, FM Mombo, P Brehony, MH Kimaro, Open journal of Ecology 13 (9), 606-620
Trophy Hunting in Tanzania's Rungwa Game Reserve: A Socioeconomic Evaluation of Benefits and Cost , F Msigwa, FM Mombo, P Brehony, M Kimaro, Scientific African 2023
Land tenure, livelihoods, and conservation: perspectives on priorities in Tanzania’s Tarangire Ecosystem. P Brehony, A Morindat, M Sinandei. Tarangire: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in a Fragmented Ecosystem, 85. 202
Predicting potential distributions of large carnivores in Kenya: An occupancy study to guide conservation. Femke Broekhuis, Shadrack Ngene, Arjun M Gopalaswamy, Anastacia Mwaura, Stephanie M Dloniak, Dedan K Ngatia, Peter D Tyrrell, Yumi Yamane, Nicholas B Elliot. Diversity and Distributions 28 (7), 1445-1457. 2022
Landscape Dynamics (landDX) an open-access spatial-temporal database for the Kenya-Tanzania borderlands. Peter Tyrrell, Irene Amoke, Koen Betjes, Femke Broekhuis, Robert Buitenwerf, Sarah Carroll, Nathan Hahn, Daniel Haywood, Britt Klaassen, Mette Løvschal, David Macdonald, Karen Maiyo, Hellen Mbithi, Nelson Mwangi, Churchil Ochola, Erick Odire, Victoria Ondrusek, Junior Ratemo, Frank Pope, Samantha Russell, Wilson Sairowua, Kiptoo Sigilai, Jared A Stabach, Jens-Christian Svenning, Elizabeth Stone, Johan T Du Toit, Guy Western, George Wittemyer, Jake Wall Scientific Data 9 (1), 1-9. 2022
Wide-scale subdivision and fencing of southern Kenyan rangelands jeopardizes biodiversity conservation and pastoral livelihoods: Demonstration of utility of open-access landDX. Peter Tyrrell, Robert Buitenwerf, Peadar Brehony, Mette Løvschal, Jake Wall, Samantha Russell, Jens-Christian Svenning, David W Macdonald, Johan T du Toit, John Kamanga. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 104. 2022
Human impacts on the world’s raptors. Christopher J O’Bryan, James R Allan, Andres Felipe Suarez-Castro, Dobrochna M Delsen, Ralph Buij, Christopher JW McClure, Jose A Rehbein, Munir Z Virani, Jennifer D McCabe, Peter Tyrrell, Pablo J Negret, Chris Greig, Peadar Brehony, W Daniel Kissling. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 825. 2022
New forces influencing savanna conservation: increasing land prices driven by gentrification and speculation at the landscape scale. P Tyrrell, R Naidoo, DW Macdonald, JT du Toit. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19 (9), 494-500. 2021
What’s good for livestock can be good for wildlife. P Tyrrell, P Brehony, J Kamanga. current conservation 15 (3). 2021
Coexistence in an African pastoral landscape: Evidence that livestock and wildlife temporally partition water resources. E. Connolly, J. Allan, P. Brehony, A. Aduda, G. Western, S. Russell, A. Dickman, P. Tyrrell – African Journal of Ecology. 2021.
Declines in an Augur Buzzard Buteo augur Population in a Region of Increasing Human Development. A.J. Eichenwald, A. Amar, P. Tyrrell, E.R. Buechley, M.Z. Virani – Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9,109. 2021.
The role of elections as drivers of tropical deforestation. J. Morpurgo, W.D. Kissling, P. Tyrrell, P.J. Negret, J.R. Allan – bioRxiv. 2021.
Defining Pathways towards African Ecological Futures. P. Scheren, P. Tyrrell, P. Brehony, J.R. Allan, J.P.R. Thorn, T. Chinho, Y. Katerere, V. Ushie, J.S. Worden – Sustainability 13 (16), 8894. 2021.
New forces influencing savanna conservation: increasing land prices driven by gentrification and speculation at the landscape scale. P. Tyrrell, R. Naidoo, D.W. Macdonald, J.T. du Toit – Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2021.
Understanding the dynamics of lion attacks on humans and livestock in southern Maasailand, Kenya. G. Western, D.W. Macdonald, A.J. Loveridge, A.J. Dickman, P. Tyrrell, S. Russell – Oryx, 55(4). 2021.
Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. P. Lindsey, J. Allan, P. Brehony, A. Dickman, A. Robson, C. Begg, H. Bhammar, L. Blanken, T. Breuer, K. Fitzgerald, M. Flyman, P. Gandiwa, N. Giva, D. Kaelo, S. Nampindo, N. Nyambe, K. Steiner, A. Parker, D. Roe, P. Thomson, M. Trimble, A. Caron, P. Tyrrell – Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(10), 1300-1310. 2020.
Conservation from the inside‐out: Winning space and a place for wildlife in working landscapes. D. Western, P. Tyrrell, P. Brehony, S. Russell, G. Western, J. Kamanga – People and Nature, 2(2), 279-291. 2020.
Conservation beyond protected areas: Using vertebrate species ranges and biodiversity importance scores to inform policy for an east African country in transition. P Tyrrell, J.T. du Toit, D.W. Macdonald – Conservation Science and Practice, 2(1), e136. 2020.
Inter-seasonal time series imagery enhances classification accuracy of grazing resource and land degradation maps in a savanna ecosystem. F.D.L. Hunter, E.T.A. Mitchard, P. Tyrrell, S. Russell – Remote Sensing, 12(1), 198. 2020.
Incorporating social-ecological complexities into conservation policy. P. Brehony, P. Tyrrell, J. Kamanga, L. Waruingi, D. Kaelo – Biological conservation, 248, 108697. 2020.
Wars over Wildlife: Green Militarisation and Just War Theory. A. Dickman, P. Johnson, P. Coals, L. Harrington, P. Tyrrell, D. Whetham, K. Somerville, A. Cotterill – Conservation & Society, 2020.
Evaluating the socio-economic potential of road development projects around the Aberdare range. P. Tyrrell, J.R. Allan. 2020.
Livestock and their management are key to the future of Africa’s wildlife. D. Western, P. Tyrrell, P. Brehony, S. Russell, G. Western, J. Kamanga – People and Nature, PaN-28. 2020.
Conservation and resilience to drought: a social-ecological perspective on conservation areas in Kenya’s Southern Maasailand. P. Brehony – University of Cambridge. 2020.
Trophy hunting bans imperil biodiversity. A. Dickman, R. Cooney, P.J. Johnson, P. Tyrrell, P. Brehony, M.P. Louis, D. Roe – Science, 365(6456), 874-874. 2019.
Consequences matter: Compassion in conservation means caring for individuals, populations and species. P.J. Johnson, V.M. Adams, D.P. Armstrong, S.E. Baker, D. Biggs, L. Boitani, A. Cotterill, E. Dale, H. O’donnell, D.J.T. Douglas, E. Droge, J.G. Ewen, R.E. Feber, P. Genovesi, C. Hambler, B.J. Harmsen, L.A. Harrington, A. Hinks, J. Hughes, L. Katsis, A. Loveridge, A. Moehrenschlager, C. O’kane, M. Pierre, S. Redpath, L. Sibanda, P. Soorae, M. S. Price, P. Tyrrell, A. Zimmermann, A. Dickman – Animals, 9(12), 1115. 2019.
Elephants never forget, should art museums remember too? Historic ivory collections as ambassadors for conservation education. C. Good, P. Tyrrell, Z. Zhou, D.W. Macdonald – Biodiversity and Conservation, 28(6), 1331-1342. 2019.
Seasonal interactions of pastoralists and wildlife in relation to pasture in an African savanna ecosystem. S. Russell, P. Tyrrell, D. Western – Journal of Arid Environments, 154, 70-81. 2018.
Application of open source tools for biodiversity conservation and natural resource management in East Africa. V.N. Mose, D. Western, P. Tyrrell – Ecological Informatics, 47, 35-44. 2018.
Exploring the potential for sustainable consumptive utilisation of wildlife in Kenya. P. Tyrrell, P. Brehony, J. Kamanga, L. Waruingi, D. Kaelo. Report submitted to the Task Force on Consumptive Wildlife Utilisation, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife for the Government of the Republic of Kenya. 2018.
Bringing back complex socio-ecological realities to the study of CBNRM impacts: a response to Lee and Bond (2018). P. Brehony, J. Bluwstein, J.F. Lund, P. Tyrrell – Journal of Mammalogy, 99(6), 1539-1542. 2018.
Reach and messages of the world’s largest ivory burn. A. Braczkowski, M.H. Holden, C. O’Bryan, C.Y. Choi, X. Gan, N. Beesley, Y. Gao, J. Allan, P. Tyrrell, D. Stiles, P. Brehony, R. Meney, H. Brink, N. Takashina, M.C. Lin, H.Y. Lin, N. Rust, S. G. Salmo III, J.E.M. Watson, P. Kahumbu, M. Maron, H.P. Possingham, D. Biggs – Conservation biology, 32(4), 765-773. 2018.
Seasonal movements of wildlife and livestock in a heterogenous pastoral landscape: Implications for coexistence and community based conservation. P. Tyrrell, S. Russell, D. Western – Global Ecology and Conservation, 12, 59-72. 2017.

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funders roundtable (3)
SKG 10 Year Strategy CI
25 SEPTEMBER 2025

Drawing on recent research across Tanzania, Bangladesh, and Mozambique, the session explored what truly needed to be measured, how to strengthen accountability without adding bureaucracy, and what kinds of support and timeframes made funding more effective on the ground.

Participants heard from a peer funder experimenting with new approaches, joined focused discussions on practical solutions, and contributed to co-designing principles for smarter, outcomes-oriented grant making. The roundtable was designed as an open, candid space for funders seeking to work differently and collectively unlock more trusted, high-impact models of support.

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