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
10.45 – 11.00 Leopards’ density and putative co-occurrence with spotted hyaena in the Maasai Mara ecosystem, Kenya
10.30 – 10.45 Modelling distribution of Kirk’s dik dik (Madoqua kirkii) in the Greater Tsavo Ecosystem.
11.00 – 11.15 Ecological factors influencing large herbivore distribution (LHD) in Ruma National Park of Homa Bay County, Kenya
11.15 – 11.30 Interaction between African leopards (Panthera pardus pardus) and olive baboons (Papio anubis) in Laikipia, Kenya.
11.30 – 11.45 Dynamics of herbivore distribution and habitat selection in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania
11.45 – 12.00 A general age and sex-structured model of wildlife population dynamics illustrated by the Mara-Serengeti topi population
12.00 – 12.15 Distribution and abundance of migrant birds and endangered mammals within Naivasha Wildlife Sanctuary, Kenya
11.45 – 12.00 Tracking carbon allocation to unravel how mutualism and its breakdown affect tree dynamics in Laikipia, Kenya
14.00 – 14.45 Keynote Address Four – Remote Sensing and Natural Resource Surveys for Wildlife conservation and Management- Kiboko Hall
14.45 – 15.00 Population distribution and abundance of the Common hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius in Lakes Naivasha and Nakuru, Kenya
15.00 – 15.15 Rural socioeconomic trends, and not ecological competition with livestock, as a main driver of wildlife declines in East Africa.
15.15 – 15.30 Spatially-explicit future landscape scenarios for population growth of the African elephant
15.30 – 15.45 Temporal dynamics in observations of rare antelope endemic to Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya.
15.45 – 16.00 The social structure and demographic status of the lion population in Meru National Park, Kenya.
16.00 – 16.15 Wildlife and livestock in the Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves: insights from 17 years of monitoring
16.15 - 16.30 Lion (Panthera leo) monitoring and community conservation within the greater Mara ecosystem
10.30 - 10.45 Status, conservation threats and restoration of the TarangireManyara (Kwakuchinja) wildlife corridor in Tanzania
11.00 – 11.15 The impact of cattle foraging on habitats by Kenyan plains zebra (Equus guagga) and Grevy’s zebra (E. grevyi)
11.15 – 11.30 The influence of elephants foraging on tree species regeneration and abundance in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya
11.30 – 11.45 The role of environmental, structural and anthropogenic variables on underpass use by African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Tsavo Conservation Area.
12.00 – 12.15 Transfrontier elephant movements in the Kidepo ecosystem: evidence for connectivity across Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan
12.15 – 12.30 Understanding the foraging behavior and dispersal patterns of red colobus monkey (Priocolobus rufomitratus, Peters 1879) populations in natural and agro-ecosystems forests in Tana River Primate National Reserve, Tana River County Kenya
14.00 – 14.45 Keynote Address Four – Remote Sensing and Natural Resource Surveys for Wildlife conservation and Management- Kiboko Hall
14.45 – 15.00 Assessment of management effectiveness of the greater Mara and Mara Triangle conservation area: the case of Masai Mara national reserve, Siana, Oloisukut, and lkinyei conservancies
15.15 – 15.30 Evidenced-based decision support for guiding biodiversity conservation strategies associated with urban growth and infrastructural development in East Africa.
15.30 – 15.45 Mainstreaming of birds conservation into energy sectorlessons in engaging in energy issues in Kenya
15.45 – 16.00 Morally contested conservation: Use of science for effective and inclusive policy implementation
16.00 – 16.15 The greater Mara monitoring framework: a practical model for linking scientific evidence to management and policy needs
10.30 – 10.45 Impact of drought and development on the effectiveness of beehive fences as elephant deterrents over nine years.
11.00 – 11.15 Nature and extent of human- hippopotamus conflict in Busega District, North- Western Tanzania
11.15 – 11.30 The effectiveness of bomas with wire-fencing and lights at deterring livestock depredation and its influence on pastoralists’ attitudes towards carnivore conservation.
12.15 – 12.30 Assessing the Aberdare fire incidence in Kenya: causes, impacts, and multi-stakeholder-based approaches for effective mitigation
12.30 – 12.45 Assessment of vegetation changes in Kilombe Caldera, Baringo County Kenya; Inferences from micro botanical remains and current vegetation
14.00 – 14.45 Keynote Address Four – Remote Sensing and Natural Resource Surveys for Wildlife conservation and Management- Kiboko Hall
14.45 – 15.00 Sub-theme Keynote Presntation(Approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptability)
15.15 - 15.30 Developing drought mitigation measures for elephants in the Tsavo ecosystem by understanding long-term elephant distribution and mortality patterns in relation to NDVI, vegetation, and rainfall.
15.45 - 16.00 Middle Pleistocene high elevation archaeological site: Potential refugia site during extreme climatic events
16.00 – 16.15 Modeling trends and variation in rainfall, temperature, NDVI, SOI and DMI in the Greater Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem: implications for biodiversity dynamics and conservation
16.15 – 16.30 Potential impacts of climate change on wildlife protected areas, a case study of Maasai Mara National Game Reserve
16.30 – 16.45 Vulnerability assessment of Chondrichthyan species to fisheries in coastal Kenya: implications for conservation and management
9.15 – 9.30 Sub-theme Keynote Presentation(Addressing wildlife health challenges through One Health approach)
9.30 – 9.45 Recurrent anthrax outbreaks in humans, livestock and wildlife in the same locality, Kenya (2014-2017)
9.45 - 10.00 Evaluating temporal patterns of anthrax outbreaks in Kenya’s wildlife and the control measures instituted to control and prevent anthrax events in the country
10.45 -11.00 Evidence of co-exposure with Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetti and Rift Valley fever virus among various species of wildlife in Kenya
11.30 – 11.45 Gastrointestinal parasite dynamics at the livestock-wildlife interface in Laikipia, Kenya
11.45 - 12.00 Non-invasive assessment of ovarian activity in free-ranging eastern Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) in Kenya
12.15 – 12.30 A One Health approach to engaging communities better in long term elephant conservation.
14.00 – 14.15 Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in spotted hyena populations in areas of high and low anthropogenic activity in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
14.30 – 14.45 Variability in water quality parameters within Kenyan Rhino areas and potential toxicity from water uptake
9.10 – 9.30 Sub-theme Keynote Presentation(Use of new technology in addressing wildlife conservation challenges)
9.30 – 9.45 Compatibility of livestock and wildlife in human occupied rangelands: using traditional pastoralism to enhance conservation of lions in their wild prey in Laikipia, Kenya
9.45 – 10.00 Combining technologies to examine human-lion interactions across scales for improved coexistence
10.45 – 11.00 Hippopotamus suitable habitat analyse in the Pendjari biosphere reserve using remote sensing and GIS tools
11.00 – 11.15 Impacts of the Loisaba Conservancy rhino fence on the behavior of other wildlife species
11.15 – 11.30 Enhancing Mapping of Illegal Wildlife Trade Hotspots in Kenya: Integrating Market Survey and Confiscated Wildlife Meat Analysis
11.30 – 11.45 Introducing a new HEC toolbox and trainer of trainers workshops to enhance human-elephant co-existence.
12.15 – 12.30 Photo Identification as a tool to study sea turtle populations in Kenyan Marine Protected Areas
14.00 – 14.15 Post-release behavior of rehabilitated and released elephant calves in Sera Rhino Sanctuary, Kenya
14.15 – 14.30 Real-time water quality monitoring using innovative Wireless Sensor Network technology: A pilot study in Lake Nakuru, Kenya
9.10 – 9.30 Sub-theme Keynote Presentation(Use of biotechnology and bio-prospecting for enhanced socioeconomic benefits)
9.30 – 9.45 A New Gem: Steganotaenia araliacea, a new host plant for edible Bunaea alcinoe larva in Yatta plateau, Machakos, Kenya
10.30 – 10.45 Effective access and benefit sharing systems key for wildlife conservation and livelihoods improvement.
10.45 – 11.00 Promoting a new species of Cotesia as a first biological control agent against the Mediterranean corn borer, an expanding pest
11.15 – 11.45 Community perceptions on the enhancement of avitourism activities in Arabuko Sokoke Forest in Kilifi County, Kenya.
12.00 – 12.20 Sub-theme Keynote Presentation(Use of natural capital accounting systems and payment for ecosystem service for socioeconomic benefits)
12.20 -12.35 Implementing payment for ecosystem services scheme in Kenya: The case of Lake Naivasha Basin.
14.00 -14.20 Sub-theme Keynote Presentation( Emerging alternative wildlife utilization and enterprises)
14.35 – 14.50 Nature-based tourism in the era of climate change challenges faced by national parks in arid and semi-arid environments
14.50 – 15.05 Socio-economic benefits and advantages for households living in the “W” Transboundary Biosphere Reserve in Benin (WTBR): Necessity to improve the eco-development contribution of natural resources
