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QUESTIONAIRE ON EFFECTS OF LAND USE CHANGES ON WILDLIFE DISPERSAL
AREAS AND MIGRATION CORRIDORS IN RIMOI ECOSYSYSTEMS, KERIO VALLEY
Name
Walden
NASC 1001 - Environmental Science
2022
QUESTIONAIRE
Your Name……………………………………….. (Optional)
I am Henry K. Togoch a post graduate M-Phil student in the school of Environmental studies
Chepkoilel university college (constituent college of Moi University). I am undertaking a study
on” Land use changes and their effects on wildlife dispersal areas and migration corridors
in Rimoi National Reserve, Kerio Valley, Kenya”. The data collected will only be used for
academic purposes and therefore your participation will be highly appreciated. Thank you
A. RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATIO INFORMATION
1. Your Sub-Location ……………………………………………………………
Village……………………………………….
2. Indicate your Distance from the Rimoi National Reserve………………………..kms
3. Indicate your Distance from the Kerio River……………………Kms
B. DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
4. Indicate your gender. Male ( ) Female ( )
5. You age bracket. 20-30 years ( ) 31-40 years ( ) 41-49 years ( ) 50-59 years ( ) Over
60years ( )
6. Your marital status. Married ( ) Single ( )
Others,
specify………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………
7. Your highest level of Education (Tick were appropriate)
Primary Education
Secondary education
College education
University education
None
Others, specify……………………….
8. House hold size
Male
No.
Female
Total
9. What is your annual average income in Ksh………………………………
10. What is your source of income?
Salary/Wage ( )
Farming ( )
Cattle keeping ( )
Business ( )
Others,
Specify……………………………………………………………………………………………
C. LAND USE PRACTICES
11. Land ownership status
Are you a tenant? ( )
A land lord? ( )
Others, Specify
……………………………………………………………………………………………
12. a) Are you the owner of the parcel of the land you are living in?
Yes ( )
No ( )
b) How did you acquire it?
Inherited ( )
Purchased ( )
Leased ( )
Allocated by my clan ( )
Others,
specify……………………………………………………………………………………………..
13. For how long have you lived/stayed in this village?
Since Birth ( )
For the last 5 years ( )
For the last 10 years ( )
For the last 15 years ( )
Over 20 years ( )
Others,
specify………………………………………………………………………………………………
14. Approximately, what is the size of your land in ACRES?
Less than 5 acres ( )
More than 5 acres ( )
More than 10 acres ( )
More than 15 acres ( )
More than 20 acres ( )
Others,
specify………………………………………………………………………………………………
15. Which land activities are carried out in your parcel of land?
Irrigation farming ( )
Livestock Rearing ( )
Bee keeping ( )
Others,
specify………………………………………………………………………………………
16. a) The parcel of land in your possession, was it at one time a community property?
Yes ( )
No ( )
b) If Yes on a above, which clan (Indicate the clan’s Name)
………………………………………
c) If No on a above, who was the original owner (Indicate name)
………………………………
17. What are the possible factors/issues which are making the community sub-divide the
land among the clan members?
Variable 1 2 3 4
Land disputes among the clan
members
Competition for the land resource
Differences in the land use
activities
Intrusion by other clans
Encroachment by other non-clan
entities
Increase in population
1. Very critical factor, 2. Critical factor 3. Not critical factor 4. Not very critical factor
18. What is your opinion on the continuous sub-division of communal lands to individual
ownership (freehold) tenureship?
Strongly
support
Agree
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
19. a) Which species of livestock do you keep in your parcel of land?
Cows ( )
Goats ( )
Sheep ( )
Donkeys ( )
Others, Specify
………………………………………………………
b) Where do you graze these livestock?
Communal land ( )
My parcel of land ( )
Government forests ( )
The national reserve land ( )
Others, specify
……………………………………………………………………………
D. EFFECTS OF LAND USE CHANGE ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
20. a) Have you fenced your parcel of land?
Yes ( )
No ( )
b) If yes why?
To protect my crops from wildlife ( )
To protect my livestock from wildlife ( )
Others, Specify
………………………………………………………………………………………….
21. In your view, what land use changes have occurred in this area between 1980-2010?
Increased deforestation ( )
Increased pastoralism ( )
Increased land cultivation ( )
Increased Sub-division of communal land ( )
Increased fencing ( )
Decreasing vegetation cover ( )
Others, Specify
………………………………………………………………………………………………
22. What do you think are the causes of these land use changes?
Variable 1 2 3 4
Population pressure
Climatic factors
Changes in Government policy on
Land
Conflicts among clans
Key: 1= Strongly agree, 2= Agree , 3= Disagree, 4 =Strongly disagree
23. In your opinion in which ways are these changes in land use affecting wildlife dispersal
areas and migratory corridors?
Blockage of dispersal and movement corridors ( )
Increase in Human Wildlife conflicts ( )
Decrease in Wildlife grazing area ( )
Inbreeding among wildlife ( )
Extinction of Wildlife species ( )
Others, specify
……………………………………………………………………………..
24. a) Are you aware of any migratory route or dispersal area on or near your land?
Yes ( ) No ( )
b) If yes, what sites and where are they
located……………………………………………………….
c) Do wild animal cause you problems? YES ( ) No ( )
d) If Yes on c above, what are these possible problems
Damage Crops ( )
Kill livestock ( )
Destroy human life ( )
Others,
specify……………………………………………………………………………………
25. a) If your crops are damaged, which are these crops?
Sorghum ( )
Millet ( )
Maize ( )
Cassava ( )
Other crops,
specify……………………………………………………………….
b) If your livestock are attacked by wild animals, which type of livestock are
frequently attacked or killed?
Cows ( )
Sheep ( )
Goats ( )
Donkeys ( )
Others,
Specify………………………………………………………………………….
c) Which species of wild animals causes you problems?
Elephants ( )
Monkeys ( )
Snakes ( )
Hyena ( )
Leopard ( )
Others,
specify………………………………………………………………………
d) How frequent do you sport these animals
During the wet season ( )
During the dry season ( )
Others, specify
………………………………………………………………………………
26. a) There are more human wildlife conflict cases currently than before when communal land
had not been sub- divided to individuals (freehold tenureship)
Strongly
agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
b) Are there wild animals roaming in your parcel of land? Yes ( ) No ( )
27. If you sport a wild animal in your land, what action do you take?
Report to kws ( )
Report to the area chief ( )
Chase it a way ( )
Kill ( )
Ignore ( )
28. Sub-dividing communal lands among clan members around Rimoi national reserve has
affected wildlife dispersal areas and migration corridors?
Strongly
agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
29. Do you receive household benefit from wild animals (wildlife conservation) within your
community land?
Yes ( ) No ( )
30. a) Are there tourism ventures/activities within Rimoi National reserve and its
surrounding environment?
Yes ( ) No ( ) I do not know ( )
b) Do the community receive benefits from the management of Rimoi National
Reserve? Yes ( ) No ( )
E. ALTERNATIVE LAND USE WHICH INTERGRATE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
IN RIMOI REGION
31. a) What is your view if an organization (Wildlife NGO’s, local authorities, or the
Government) develops a policy (easement) for the use of your land for wildlife
conservation and compensates annually for the piece of land
Strongly support the idea
Support the idea
Do not support the idea
Strongly object the ide
b) Are you willing to voluntarily surrender your right to cultivate/fence your parcel of
land for wildlife (dispersal and migration corridor) conservation without the change
of ownership?
Very much willing ( )
Willing ( )
Not willing ( )
32. Are you willing to surrender your right to cultivate/settlement/fence your parcel of land
at a fee for wildlife( dispersal and migration corridors) conservation without the change
of ownership
Very much Willing ( )
Willing ( )
Willing depending on what is on offer ( )
Not willing at all ( )
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