Kitengela dispersal area

E200612

Kitengela dispersal area is a wildlife-rich rangeland and migratory corridor south of Nairobi National Park that supports free-ranging animals and pastoralist communities outside the park’s formal boundaries.

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Kitengela dispersal area canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf migratory corridor
rangeland
wildlife corridor
wildlife dispersal area
adjacentTo Kitengela
surface form: Kitengela town
conservationConcern habitat fragmentation
loss of wildlife migratory routes
country Kenya
ecologicalRole buffer zone for Nairobi National Park
dispersal area for wildlife from Nairobi National Park
seasonal wildlife migration route
ecosystemType savanna grassland
formsCorridorBetween Nairobi National Park
wider Athi-Kaputiei rangelands
governedBy Kajiado County
surface form: county government of Kajiado
hasHumanWildlifeConflict competition for grazing resources
livestock predation by carnivores
inhabitedBy Maasai
surface form: Maasai pastoralists
landUse livestock grazing
pastoralism
locatedIn Kajiado County
locatedSouthOf Nairobi National Park
outsideProtectedAreaBoundaryOf Nairobi National Park
partOf Athi-Kaputiei plains
region southern Nairobi metropolitan landscape
supports free-ranging wildlife
pastoralist communities
supportsSpecies antelopes
cheetahs
giraffe
hyenas
lions
wildebeest
zebra
threatenedBy fencing of land
infrastructure development
land subdivision
urban expansion
usedFor conservation research
wildlife-based tourism

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Nairobi National Park borderedBy Kitengela dispersal area