Team Members
Seif, CI’s Director of the Africa Rangelands Program, is a conservation leader with a PhD in Conservation Biology from the University of Nairobi. He has over 30 years of experience in landscape conservation, ecosystem assessment and restoration, and mainstreaming a community development vision into biodiversity conservation mechanisms. He has worked for several African-based conservation organisations, including the Kenya Wildlife Service, the African Wildlife Foundation and the World Wildlife Fund. In his current role, Seif leads Conservation International’s grasslands, savanna, and shrublands programme in the Africa Field Division based in Nairobi. This portfolio has programmes in Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Our Challenge
Uncontrolled animal movement is one of the biggest challenges in communal rangelands. Livestock that is not kraaled and herded properly results in:
- Rangeland degradation
- Predation
- Disease transmission through contact with wildlife
- Poor herd health (high mortality and morbidity)
- Poor production
- Stock theft
- Tourism conflict
- Poor market and trade confidence
Our Opportunity
Regaining livestock movement control in communal rangelands through skills development, improved resources and incentives can lead to multiple positive effects.
