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African nations deliver formal call to action for protected and conserved areas
A threat more deadly than poachers: climate change
New tracker dog team in Mkomazi

Nackoney, J., Demol, M., Akpona, H. A., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Dupain, J., C. Facheux, M. C. Hansen, J-C. Kalemba, A.G. Kehbila, P. Potapov, A. Tabu Senga, J. Six, S. Turubanova, D. Williams & Vanlauwe, B. 2022.

Montgomery, R.A., Raupp, J., Mukhwana, M., Greenleaf, A., Mudumba, T. and Muruthi, P., 2022. The efficacy of interventions to protect crops from raiding elephants. Ambio, 51(3), pp.716-727.

Mitchell, B.A., MacKinnon, K., Anukur, L., Apin, L., Campilan, D., Cyiza, B., Kumah, F.K., Maklarin, L., Perkin, S., Rao, M. and Sandwith, T., EDITORIAL ESSAY: TRENDS IN PROTECTED AND CONSERVED AREAS: REFLECTIONS FROM REGIONAL PARKS CONGRESSES.

Degbelo, F.G., Djagoun, C.A.M.S., Toyi, S.S.M., Padonou, E.A., Kouton, M., Gichohi, N., Muruthi, P. and Sinsin, B., 2022. What shapes the mammal species poaching in protected areas: biophysical or anthropogenic factors? A case study in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve.

Abebe, B., Ashagrie, M., Moges, E. 2022. The Activity and Ranging Patterns of Gelada Monkeys as Behavioural Responses to the Effects of Livestock Grazing in the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, International Journal of Zoology, vol. 2022, Article ID 8107527, 12 pages, 2022.

Fighting wildlife cybercrime in Uganda
Not your pet: The rise of the live cheetah trade
The results are in! What we learned from Kenya’s first countrywide wildlife census

Uplisting Elephants
Counting Kenya’s Wildlife
Legacy Profile: Valerie Watt Live a Little Differently

Baby bamboo plants help restore gorilla habitat in Rwanda
During pandemic, a lifeline for communities that rely on tourism
Amboseli baby boom

In memoriam: H.E. Benjamin Mkapa
Black rhino numbers are on the rise
A dream becomes a legacy

Conserving Africa's Natural Heritage

Kissui, B.M., Kiffner, C., König, H.J. and Montgomery, R.A. 2019. Patterns of livestock depredation and cost‐effectiveness of fortified livestock enclosures in northern Tanzania. Ecology and Evolution, 9(19), pp.11420-11433.

Recommendations on Proposals to amend Appendices at the 18th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. August 17-18, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland.

Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group survey documenting land tenure status, socio-economic and biodiversity profiles in two Southern Tanzania landscapes. 2017.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2018.

Shikuku, R. K., Makenzi, P., & Muruthi, P. 2018. Poaching in the Mount Elgon Trans-Boundary Ecosystem. International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.

Enhancing Livelihoods through PFM in Northern Tanzania Project (European Union). 2017.

Ngene, S. Lala, F., Nzisa, M., Kimitei, K., Mukeka, M., Kiambi, S., Davidson, Z., Bakari, S., Lyimo, E., Khayale, C., Ihwagi, F., Douglas-Hamilton, I. 2017. Aerial total count of elephants, buffalo and giraffe in the Tsavo – Mkomazi ecosystem (February 2017).

Djagoun, C., Akpona, H., Kassa, B., Gichohi, N., Muruthi, P., & Sinsin, B. 2017. A stakeholder assessment of human–elephant conflict in Benin. Pachyderm, 58, pp.161-166.

Warinwa, F., Mwaura, F., Kiringe, J.W. and Ndubi, A.O., 2016. Land Cover Dynamics in the Kirisia Forest Ecosystem, Samburu County, Kenya. Advances in Remote Sensing, 5(3), pp.168-182.

Okello, M.M., Kiringe, J.W., Kenana, L., Warinwa, F., Maliti, H., Sitati, N.W., Kanga, E., Bakari, S., Ndambuki, S., Muruthi, P. and Gichohi, N., 2016. Population Status and trend of the Maasai ostrich in the mid Kenya—Tanzania borderland. Natural Resources, 7(10), 558.

Okita-Ouma, B., Muruthi, P. M. 2016. Law enforcement on illegal wildlife trade: what works? AWF Conservation in Practice Papers. May 2016.

Mwaura, F., Kiringe, J.W., Warinwa, F. and Wandera, P., 2016. Estimation of the economic value for the consumptive water use ecosystem service benefits of the Chyulu Hills watershed, Kenya. International Journal of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, 4(4), pp.36-48.

Mwaura, F., Kiringe, J.W. and Warinwa, F., 2016. Land Cover Dynamics in the Chyulu Watershed Ecosystem, Makueni-Kajiado Counties, Kenya. International Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 4(3), p.17.

Kiringe, J.W., Mwaura, F. and Warinwa, F., 2016. Characterization of Water Source Types and Uses in Kirisia Forest Watershed, Samburu County, Kenya. Environment and Natural Resources Research, 6(3), pp.77-90.

Kiringe, J.W., Mwaura, F. and Warinwa, F., 2016. Characterization of Chyulu Hills Watershed Ecosystem Services in South-Eastern Kenya. Environment and Natural Resources Research, 6(3), p.65.

Fitzgerald, K. H., 2016. Reconciling nature conservation and agricultural production. Investing in sustainable mountain development: Opportunities, resources and benefits.

Journal of Arid Environments 135 (2016) 64-74

Wildlife Judicial and Prosecutorial Assistance Training Series (Tanzania).

Roe, D., 2015. Conservation, crime and communities: case studies of efforts to engage local communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade. IIED, London. Fitzgerald, K and Muruthi, M. Chapter: The Greater Kilimanjaro Landscape, Kenya and Tanzania.

Okello, M.M., Kiringe, J.W., Warinwa, F., Muruthi, P., Kenana, L., Kanga, E., Ndambuki, S., Massawe, E., Kimutai, D., Mwita, M. and Maliti, H., 2015. Status and population trend of the common eland in the Kenya Tanzania borderland: 2010 and 2013 survey analysis.

Okello, M.M., Kenana, L., Maliti, H., Kiringe, J.W., Kanga, E., Warinwa, F., Bakari, S., Gichohi, N., Ndambuki, S., Kija, H. and Sitati, N., 2015. Population status and trend of water dependent grazers (buffalo and waterbuck) in the Kenya-Tanzania Borderland. Natural Resources, 6(02), p.91.

Okello, M.M., Kenana, L., Maliti, H., Kiringe, J.W., Kanga, E., Warinwa, F., Bakari, S., Ndambuki, S., Kija, H., Sitati, N. and Kimutai, D., 2015. “Population Status and Trend of the Maasai Giraffe in the Mid Kenya-Tanzania Borderland.” Natural Resources, 6(03), p.159.

Moses, M.O., Lekishon, K., Daniel, M., Fiesta, W., John, W.K., Noah, W.S., Hanori, M., Erastus, K., Hamza, K., Samwel, B. and Philip, M., 2015. The status of key large mammals in the Kenya-Tanzania borderland: A comparative analysis and conservation implications.

Maputla, N., Maruping, N., Chimimba, C. and Ferreira, S. (2015). Spatio-temporal separation between lions and leopards in the Kruger National Park and the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, South Africa. Global Ecology and Conservation. 82. 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.03.001.

Belfiore, N., Seimon, A., Picton Phillips, G., Basabose, A., Gray, M., Masinde, I., Elliott, J., Thorne, J.H., Seo, C.W. and Muruthi, P., 2015. The implications of global climate change for Mountain Gorilla Conservation.

AWF Conservation in Practice Papers. 2014

Sitati, N., Gichohi, N., Lenaiyasa, P., Millanga, P., Maina, M., Warinwa, F., and Muruthi, P., 2014. Tree species diversity and dominance in Gelai Forest Reserve, Tanzania. Journal of Energy and Natural Resources. 3(3): 31-37.

Marnewick, K., Ferreira, S. M., Grange, S., Watermeyer, J., Maputla, N., & Davies-Mostert, H. T., 2014. Evaluating the status of and African wild dogs Lycaon pictus and cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus through tourist-based photographic surveys in the Kruger National Park.

Kormos, R., Kormos, C.F., Humle, T., Lanjouw, A., Rainer, H., Victurine, R., Mittermeier, R.A., Diallo, M.S., Rylands, A.B. and Williamson, E.A., 2014. Great apes and biodiversity offset projects in Africa: The case for national offset strategies. PLoS One, 9(11), p.e111671.

Fitzgerald, K.H., 2014. Using Innovative Land Conservation Tools in Africa to Protect Land, Enhance Resource Management and Improve Community Livelihoods. In 2014 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. The World Bank, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

Elliott, J., Gibbons, H., King, D., King, A. and Leménager, T. (2014). Exploring Environmental Complementarity between Types of Protected Areas in Kenya. Focales 19, Agence Française Développement, Paris.

AWF Conservation in Practice Papers. 2014

AWF Conservation in Practice Papers. 2013

AWF Working Papers, 2007