Comments on: The Complications of the Mau Complex http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/22/the-complications-of-the-mau-complex/ News From the WildlifeDirect Team Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:42:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Aref http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/22/the-complications-of-the-mau-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-5495 Aref Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:38:38 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/22/the-complications-of-the-mau-complex/#comment-5495 Great post Maina. Thanks for keeping track of this vital issue. It would be great if the information that you are compiling also gets into the local media. Great post Maina. Thanks for keeping track of this vital issue. It would be great if the information that you are compiling also gets into the local media.

]]> By: Maina http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/22/the-complications-of-the-mau-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-5494 Maina Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:45:54 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/22/the-complications-of-the-mau-complex/#comment-5494 Sheryl, please acquaint yourself with this old post by the Kenya Forest Working Group as I seek to find out how many are in the forest. http://kenyaforests.wildlifedirect.org/2007/10/29/maasai-mau-forest-still-in-deep-deep-trouble/ Also, a report appearing in the Daily Nation, a national paper in Kenya, and posted in AllAfrica news portal, says that 2,000 squatter families are to be evicted from the Mau (Maasai Mau I think). So read it here (and ignore the sickening ads posted there) http://allafrica.com/stories/200807180826.html That short story will also probably tell you a little about the governments plan on removal of the squatters. For all I know however, the government hasn't yet found land to relocate them, but it is unlikely that they will just hound them out without taking them somewhere else. They already burnt their fingers in 2005 when they tried to evict the squatters without giving them an alternative. I think The Mau is important for East Africa (and the world) and I will post more about it soon. Sheryl, please acquaint yourself with this old post by the Kenya Forest Working Group as I seek to find out how many are in the forest. http://kenyaforests.wildlifedirect.org/2007/10/29/maasai-mau-forest-still-in-deep-deep-trouble/

Also, a report appearing in the Daily Nation, a national paper in Kenya, and posted in AllAfrica news portal, says that 2,000 squatter families are to be evicted from the Mau (Maasai Mau I think). So read it here (and ignore the sickening ads posted there) http://allafrica.com/stories/200807180826.html

That short story will also probably tell you a little about the governments plan on removal of the squatters. For all I know however, the government hasn’t yet found land to relocate them, but it is unlikely that they will just hound them out without taking them somewhere else. They already burnt their fingers in 2005 when they tried to evict the squatters without giving them an alternative.

I think The Mau is important for East Africa (and the world) and I will post more about it soon.

]]> By: sheryl, washington dc http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/22/the-complications-of-the-mau-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-5493 sheryl, washington dc Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:10:46 +0000 http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/22/the-complications-of-the-mau-complex/#comment-5493 You weren't kidding about this being a complex problem. How many are estimated to be there illegally? Where would they go if/when they're removed? This will take a lot of time and money to save the Mau and keep people living there. It seems this problem is happening all over the world, though - too many people and not enough biodiversity to meet the needs of all species who depend on it. s. You weren’t kidding about this being a complex problem. How many are estimated to be there illegally? Where would they go if/when they’re removed? This will take a lot of time and money to save the Mau and keep people living there. It seems this problem is happening all over the world, though – too many people and not enough biodiversity to meet the needs of all species who depend on it.

s.

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