New Mambo! Publication
Invisible Fence: Spatial Analysis of Human-lion Conflicts in the Plains of Athi-Kaputiei by Eliott Dreux.
In the Athi-Kaputiei plains south of Nairobi, pastoralist and farming communities live on the immediate edge of the world’s only national park bordering a capital city. Lions leaving the park through the last remaining open corridor attack livestock, threaten residents, and provoke deadly reprisals. These conflicts, exacerbated by urban sprawl and the fragmentation of ecological corridors, reveal a crisis of territorial governance surrounding a space claimed by each actor in different ways. It is within this context that we examine the extent to which the spatial fragmentation of ecological corridors and the failure of institutional compensation mechanisms fuel a cycle of violence between pastoral communities and wildlife in the Athi-Kaputiei plains.
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IFRA Nairobi (September 9, 2026). New Mambo! Publication. IFRA Nairobi. Retrieved October 6, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/16qx3
