Bulte, E. H.Boone, Randall B.Stringer, R.Thornton, Philip K.2016-04-192016-04-192006Roles of Agriculture Project: Environment Services. Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA), FAO2391_Bulte2006_wildlife_conservation_Kenya_no.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66883Traditional grazing grounds near Amboseli National Park (Kenya) are rapidly converted to cropland - a process that closes important wildlife corridors. We explore the scope for introducing a "payments for ecosystem services" scheme to compensate pastoralists for spillover benefits associated with forms of land use that are compatible with wildlife conservation. Our results indicate that such a scheme likely enhances global welfare, but that (i) 'leakage' through excessive stocking rates warrant close scrutiny and (ii) that payments increase the risk of overstocking during droughts.application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightNational parksWildlifeBiodiversityPayments for environmental servicesGrazingRangelandsGrasslandsConservationSavannahLivestockBiodiversity conservationPayments for ecosystem servicesMaasaiElephant conservationHabitat conversionAmboseli national parkKenyaWildlife corridorsTechnical report