Kenya - Ecotourism Flashcards
What is our case study for ecotourism?
Kenya.
Why were Masai tribes driven off their land?
In the late 1970s.
Make way for traditional animals and tourists.
Did the Masai initially gain from tourism?
Initially they gained nothing.
So they had no interest in protecting the wildlife in the park.
What was set up in 1996?
Wildlife Conservation Area.
What was the Wildlife Conservation Area’s aim?
To protect both the environment and local people (Masai).
What are the Wildlife Conservation Area’s aims?
Buy local food.
Employ local people.
Use local materials.
Building has to blend in with natural environment.
Build only 1 hotel.
Lease small areas to ecotourism companies.
The use of local materials to build what?
Hotels.
What was set up in 1997?
Kimana Wildlife Refuge.
What did the Kimana Wildlife Refuge consist of?
Who owned it?
3 tented camps.
Kenyans.
How much rent are the Masai paid a year and why?
£1000 for the use of their land.
What pays each Masai landowner?
Olare Orok complex pays £70 a month to Masai landowners.
How do some Masai men make money
Being tourist guides.
How do the Masai benefit socially from ecotourism?
More children being sent to school.
Better health care.
How does ecotourism benefit the environment in the Kimana Wildlife Refuge?
Masai not grazing the land.
Masai are not chopping down trees.
Do all Masai people see the benefits of ecotourism?
No.
Some Masai continue with their traditional way of life of grazing cattle and planting crops.
