Loss of biodiversity
The Kuku Group Ranch is a savannah landscape and critical wildlife corridor between the Amboseli and Tsavo National Parks. It is home to over 29.000 Maasai people. The Kuku ranch’s population has been growing exponentially, despite the decreasing landscape quality. Climate change has caused unpredictable rainfall, with certain parts of the region only receiving 400 mm of rainfall annually. These factors have led to rapid erosion and degradation of pasturelands.
As a result of this degradation, agricultural and livestock productivity have plummeted. Historic overgrazing of the land and climate change are dramatically decreasing the landscape’s productivity and biodiversity. As a result, many of the Maasai are facing water and food scarcity and increased poverty.
