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Nature Conservation 1/2009 — 20. 2. 2009 — International Nature Conservation — Print article in pdf
The Masai Mara Natinal Reserve
The Masai Mara National Reserve is a protected area in southwestern Kenya, which...
The Masai Mara National Reserve is a protected area in southwestern Kenya, which is effectively the northern continuation of the Serengeti National Park/Ngorongo Conservation Area in Tanzania. It encompasses 1,510 km2 and the entire National Reserve is nested within the enormous Great Rift Valley. The Masai Mara’s landscape is primarily open grasslands, with seasonal riverlets. In the vicinity of the National Reserve the Masai live with their stock but centuries of close association with the wildlife has resulted in establishing their own rangers for patrolling the protected area’s territory. Masai Mara is famous for annual migration of large herbivores from the Serengeti every year from July to October, a migration so immense it is called the Great Migration. From the vast Serengeti plains to Masai Mara grasslands, over 1.3 million wildebeest and 200,000 zebras migrate in a clockwise fashion over 2,990 km each year in searching for food. One of the “Seven New Wonders of the World” is visited by more than 290,000 tourists every year, having reached in some parts the carrying capacity of the National Reserve. There are worries that Kenya premier game reserve’s newfound fame will be the course of its own destruction.