Masai Mara Game Reserve: a degraded area
Issues include;

Management breakdown leading to decline in state of grassland ecosystems
Park rangers not paid properly and lacked basic equipment
They could do little to stop illegal hunting

Solutions include;

In 2008 the park was taken over by Mara conservation
A $300,000 donation brought 4 new four wheel drive vehicles, repaired many of the roads and paid the rangers
Organisation runs on a non-profit basis but uses 50% of the revenue to build roads and finance anti-poaching patrols
The remaining 50% filters through to local Masai tribes

The support of the Masai people is crucial to the future of the reserve as it requires them to give up the best cattle graxing land in east Africa for the benefits of wildlife. [traditionally nomadic farmers meaning they move their cattle to where best quality grass is. This leads to overgrazing damaging the environment]

	Created by Caitlyn Grayston over 7 years ago

A-Level Geography (A Level Biodiversity Under Threat) Note on Kuznet Curve, created by Caitlyn Grayston on 01/06/2017.