Themes

All projects
Endangered species
Farming and Wildlife
Fundamental biology
Invasives
Land use and biodiversity
Wildlife as a resource

Associated Members

Private: Dr Femke Broekhuis
Private: Dr Nic Elliot

Research

Conserving cheetahs in the Greater Mara Ecosystem

The global cheetah population is rapidly dwindling and with less than 7 000 individuals left in the wild, cheetahs are vulnerable to extinction. Unfortunately the remaining populations will continue to decline unless something is done. Realising this, the Kenya Wildlife Trust set up the Mara Cheetah Project in order to determine the threats that cheetahs face in the Greater Mara Ecosystem and to develop sustainable solutions to mitigate them. To achieve this, the Mara Cheetah Project is using a research-driven conservation approach through a combination of long-term population monitoring, ecological research and community-based conservation.

You can visit the project website here: http://www.maracheetahs.org/

Mara Cheetah Project Annual Update 2014
Mara Cheetah Project Annual Update 2015
Mara Cheetah Project Annual Update 2016

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