14.20– 14.35 Conservation Gains, Losses and the Future of Tana River Red Colobus and Tana River Mangabeys in the lower Tana River: Analysis of Four Decades Population Trends
14.35- 14.50 Development of a Science-Based Integrated Metapopulation Management Plan for the Kenyan Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli)
15.05 – 15.20 Africa’s wilderness under threat – the case of wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Kenya’s Kajiado County
15.50 – 16.05 Birds in the matrix: the role of agriculture in avian conservation in the Taita Hills, Kenya
14.00 – 14.20 Sub-theme Keynote Presentation(Initiatives towards wildlife habitat restoration and connectivity)
14.20 – 14.35 A spatial planning framework for informing integrated biodiversity and ecosystem service conservation and restoration
14.50 – 15.05 Can market-based mechanisms enhance connectivity of landscapes? Lessons from Kasigau Corridor, Southern Kenya
15.05 - 15.20 Distribution and seasonal movements of savannah elephants, (Loxodonta Africana) around Lake Jipe, a function of foraging resources
15.20 – 15.35 How anthropogenic features and threats contribute to shape cheetah, (Acinonyx jubatus) activities and connectivity
16.05 - 16.20 Rangeland restoration for a refugee species:re-establishment of grass cover using large scale multi-site experiments in African Savanna
16.20 – 16.35 Socio-economic and environment sustainability outcomes of the competing land use systems in northern Tanzania.
14.00 – 14.20 Sub-theme Keynote Presentation(Approaches to enhance human-wildlife coexistence in human dominated landscapes)
14.20 – 14.35 Building a landscape of resilience: large carnivore governance and management implications of farmers’ attitudes and livestock husbandry practices in a multicultural setting within Meru National Park, Kenya
14.35 - 14.50 Amboseli Trust for Elephants HECx Program – Learning how to coexist by understanding elephant behaviour
14.50 – 15.05 Appraisal of the government and private compensation schemes for human wildlife conflict in Kenya
15.05 – 15.20 Assessing the drivers of attitude, tolerance and perception of local communities on elephants and human wildlife conflicts around Meru conservation area.
15.20 – 15.35 Behavior of rescued and rehabilitated elephant calves with an eye toward release success.
15.35 – 15.50 Capabilities, opportunities, and motivations for poaching reticulated giraffe in central-northern Kenya.
16.20 – 16.35 Human-lion coexistence: Lessons learned from predatorproof bomas project in Amboseli-West Kilimanjaro ecosystem, Kenya and Tanzania