Location
- Kenya
- Nairobi
Term
Summer
Subject Areas
Agriculture
Biology
Botany
Conservation and Preservation
Ecology
Natural Sciences
Sustainable Development
Wildlife Sciences
Jan 10, 2022
Jul 06, 2018
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About Program
This 4-week program probes analysis of the complex relationships between Kenya’s indigenous communities, land, water, and wildlife. You will be presented with modern challenges and solutions that can help preserve some of the world’s most diverse ecosystems – from African forest and wetlands to the savannah.
This program will provide students with an understanding of historical and current threats to biodiversity in East Africa, expose participants to regenerative practices, and equip participants with field-based skills to observe and apply practical solutions to the needs of specific target groups.
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Program Highlights
- Understand some basic principles of the ecological function of wetlands, forests and savannah ecosystems in Kenya
- Learn from the ongoing successful community-based conservation projects in the famous Maasai Mara conservancies
- Undertake field-based research techniques applying to restoration ecology in each context
- Contrast approaches to restoration ecology in Kenya and other parts of the world
- Develop your intercultural competence