Employing participatory surveys to monitor the illegal killing of elephants across diverse land uses in Laikipia-Samburu, Kenya

• Published in: African journal of ecology Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 972 - 983
• Main Authors: Kahindi, Onesmas, Wittemyer, George, King, Juliet, Ihwagi, Festus, Omondi, Patrick, Douglas‐Hamilton, Iain
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2010
• Subjects: African elephant; Baseline studies; community conservation; Elephantidae; Elephants; Endangered & extinct species; ivory poaching; Mortality; Poaching; Risk assessment; Kenya; Asia

Levels and trends of illegal killing of elephants are measured by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme in sites across Africa and Asia. In the mostly unprotected Laikipia-Samburu MIKE site in northern Kenya,...