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 contribute to the SDGs.

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.

The course will take place 20-24 May 2019 at Karen Blixen Camp, Mara North Conservancy

Dr. Irene Amoke, Executive Director of KWT will join the board of MMSDI

Research team publishes article about ethnomedicinal plants of the Loita Maasai of Kenya

Main conclusions from a scientific report on the prevalence and impact of infant oral mutilation (abbreviated as IOM) on dental occlusion and oral health-related quality of life, published in the international journal, BMC Oral Health.

The research will help to plan and prepare for ongoing and future change (e.g. climate and land use), with the aim of safeguarding biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and compatible human livelihoods.

A portrait interview with Maasai Ole Leperes

- about his life and how he has used Maasai traditional medicine.

ScienceNordic.com article describing our research on fencing in the Mara

The amount of fences is exploding in the Mara boding for a collapse of the ecosystem. This is the research result of an analysis of satellite pictures of the Mara 1985-2016.