"Climate Change Resilience Among the Maasai of Narok, Kenya," by Kelli M. Williams

MDP student Kelli Willliams presented a poster in the UA Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) 2019 Student Showcase as well as at the 2019 UA Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows Outreach + Research Showcase. The poster was based on research from her MDP summer practicum in Kenya.

"Development of the Maasai Mara Game Reserve and other wildlife reserves threaten indigenous land rights as Maasai people are relocated to make way for conservation. Pressures from national and international agencies are shrinking the land surrounding the community and limiting their ability to graze cattle. Being a pastoralist society with a cattle-based economy, limited access to grazing lands has detrimental effects on the community. In the face of climate change, increased drought and inconsistent rain patterns will increasingly hinder the community’s access to traditional livelihood strategies."