maasaimarascience
Maasai Mara Science
& Development Initiative
An international partnership with one goal
Maasai Mara Science and Development Initiative is a partnership between University of Nairobi, Aarhus University (Denmark), Kenya Wildlife Trust, the Mararianta community and the Karen Blixen Camp Trust.
We want to contribute to conserving the Maasai Mara ecosystem, its rich wildlife and culture through interdisciplinary research and development initiatives.
Since 2014 we have started more than 20 research projects, providing important data about the Greater Mara Ecosystem.
Check out our publications. Many of them are Open Access, free for all to read.
We are a member of the One Mara Research Hub
Our goal
We want to contribute to conserving the Maasai Mara ecosystem, its rich wildlife and culture through interdisciplinary research and development initiatives.
News
2019.10.02 | Research news
Master Thesis Results: Mara North grazing system secures plant species richness and grass-dwelling insect diversity
Master thesis by David Bækby Houborg, Aarhus University shows that with a rotational grazing system, the conservancy supports wildlife populations as well as a recovery period of 5 months for the plant species richness and insect diversity.
2019.10.02 | Knowledge exchange
Maasai Mara Science and Development Initiative is featured in the magazine 360.dk
Today the Maasai Mara Science and Development Initiative is featured with an article in the magazine 360.dk, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. The article (in Danish) is describing our partnership across Danish-Kenyan universities, NGOs, companies and the local community in the Mara as a good example of how partnerships can…
2019.10.02 | Research news
MMSDI Management group meets at Aarhus University
Tuesday 27 August, 2019 the board and secretariat of the Maasai Mara Science and Development Initiative met at Aarhus University, celebrating the 5 year anniversary of our Initiative and the more than 20 research and development projects that have been initiated.
2019.04.02 | Seminar
Advanced ArcGIS course for NGOs and researchers in Maasai Mara
The course will take place 20-24 May 2019 at Karen Blixen Camp, Mara North Conservancy