Maasai Mara National Reserve

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1. Story
2. A Kenyan national reserve of about 1,510 km² in Narok County, contiguous with Serengeti National Park across the international border and managed by county authorities rather than by Kenya Wildlife Service. It began in 1961 as a 520 km² sanctuary in the Mara Triangle, was expanded, then reduced by stages to its present area by 1984. It is the northern, wetter end of the migratory circuit and holds the herds through roughly July to October; it is also Kenya's most visited wildlife destination, with year-round resident big-cat populations that are the basis of its safari reputation.
3. Knowledge
4. Maasai Mara National Reserve
5. Community conservancy (CBNRM model)
6. Connections
7. Serengeti National Park
8. Community conservancy (CBNRM model)
9. Mara River
10. The Mara–Loita migration collapses by about 81%
11. Edge degradation squeezes wildlife into the ecosystem core
12. The Mara River crossings
13. African lion (Panthera leo)
14. Kenya bans sport hunting nationwide
15. Maasai Mara National Reserve
16. Etosha National Park
17. Fortress conservation
18. Photographic safari tourism
19. Namibia's Nature Conservation Amendment Act extends wildlife rights to communal-area residents
20. Makuleke land claim settled; about 25,000 hectares of Kruger restored in title
21. Evidence
22. Establishes gazettement dates, areas and protection status for the protected areas that carry the migratory circuit
23. The Mara–Loita wildebeest population fell about 80.9% from 123,930 in 1977–78 to under 20,000 by 2016, and the Athi–Kaputiei population by about 95%, driven by mechanised wheat farming, fencing, settlement and infrastructure
24. An average of about 6,250 wildebeest carcasses and 1,100 tonnes of biomass enter the Mara River annually, with mass drownings in at least 13 of 15 monitored years, forming a major nutrient subsidy to the river food web