- Title Pages
- Preface and Acknowledgments
-
One Conservation in a Human-Dominated World -
Two Shaping the Serengeti Ecosystem -
Three Scales of Change in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Four Fire in the Serengeti Ecosystem -
Five Spatial and Temporal Drivers of Plant Structure and Diversity in Serengeti Savannas -
Six Why Are Wildebeest the Most Abundant Herbivore in the Serengeti Ecosystem? -
Seven Climate-Induced Effects on the Serengeti Mammalian Food Web -
Eight From Bacteria to Elephants -
Nine Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Riverine Forests in Serengeti -
Ten Invertebrates of the Serengeti -
Eleven The Butterflies of Serengeti -
Twelve Small Mammal Diversity and Population Dynamics in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Thirteen Bird Diversity of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Fourteen The Effect of Natural Disturbances on the Avian Community of the Serengeti Woodlands -
Fifteen Carnivore Communities in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Sixteen The Plight of the People -
Seventeen Transitions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area -
Eighteen Agricultural Expansion and Human Population Trends in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem from 1984 to 2003 -
Nineteen Infectious Diseases in the Serengeti -
Twenty Socioecological Dynamics and Feedbacks in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Twenty-One Living in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Twenty-Two Bushmeat Hunting in the Serengeti Ecosystem -
Twenty-Three Human Health in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Twenty-Four Multiple Functions and Institutions -
Twenty-Five Sustainability of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem for Wildlife and People -
Twenty-Six The Role of Research in Conservation and the Future of the Serengeti -
Twenty-Seven The Future of Conservation - Contributors
- Index
Transitions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Transitions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The Story of Land Use, Human Well-Being, and Conservation
- Chapter:
- (p.482) (p.483) Seventeen Transitions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- Source:
- Serengeti IV
- Author(s):
Kathleen A. Galvin
Randall B. Boone
J. Terrence McCabe
Ann L. Magennis
Tyler A. Beeton
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
The NCA is distinctive to all of the country’s other protected areas as they are designated as Game Reserves, Wildlife Management Areas, Forest Reserves or National Parks. The NCA is currently governed by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) under the auspices of the Wildlife Division for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT). Pressures that affect other pastoral regions such as land fragmentation, privatization, diversification and intensification of income-related activities are not common in the NCA. Rather, a complex history of conservation policies in conjunction with human population dynamics, food insecurity, disease interactions and land use changes through time informs our understanding of the current conditions of the NCA. We explore components of this system with an emphasis on human population changes, food security, wildlife-livestock dynamics and land use changes within the context of conservation policy. These factors account, in large part, for the current state of conservation and human wellbeing in the NCA. The chapter is a synthesis of scholarly literature while also providing primary data on human health and on cultivation.
Keywords: NCA, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, land use, human population, conservation, tourism
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- Title Pages
- Preface and Acknowledgments
-
One Conservation in a Human-Dominated World -
Two Shaping the Serengeti Ecosystem -
Three Scales of Change in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Four Fire in the Serengeti Ecosystem -
Five Spatial and Temporal Drivers of Plant Structure and Diversity in Serengeti Savannas -
Six Why Are Wildebeest the Most Abundant Herbivore in the Serengeti Ecosystem? -
Seven Climate-Induced Effects on the Serengeti Mammalian Food Web -
Eight From Bacteria to Elephants -
Nine Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Riverine Forests in Serengeti -
Ten Invertebrates of the Serengeti -
Eleven The Butterflies of Serengeti -
Twelve Small Mammal Diversity and Population Dynamics in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Thirteen Bird Diversity of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Fourteen The Effect of Natural Disturbances on the Avian Community of the Serengeti Woodlands -
Fifteen Carnivore Communities in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Sixteen The Plight of the People -
Seventeen Transitions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area -
Eighteen Agricultural Expansion and Human Population Trends in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem from 1984 to 2003 -
Nineteen Infectious Diseases in the Serengeti -
Twenty Socioecological Dynamics and Feedbacks in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Twenty-One Living in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Twenty-Two Bushmeat Hunting in the Serengeti Ecosystem -
Twenty-Three Human Health in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem -
Twenty-Four Multiple Functions and Institutions -
Twenty-Five Sustainability of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem for Wildlife and People -
Twenty-Six The Role of Research in Conservation and the Future of the Serengeti -
Twenty-Seven The Future of Conservation - Contributors
- Index
