GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 7892

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 44 (3) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013, the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife gaieties the Plan in the Schedule hereto. SCHEDULE The Pardamat Conservation Area Management Plan (hereinafter referred to as "the Plan") defines the principles and strategies that stakeholders of Pardamat Conservation Area have designed to address conservation, tourism development and management, community livelihood, and conservancy administrative issues in Pardamat Conservation Area. The Plan emphasises that all activities within the •Pardamat ConserVation Area shall be in accordance with the Plan and the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013. The Plan is a dynamic document that shall be subject to periodic reviews, depending on emerging issues and new knowledge. The Plan addresses threats to Pardamat Conservation Area's values through the following management intervention measures (a) implementing the Zoning scheme outlined in the Plan; and • (b) implementing management actions under the five management programmes. The Plan's zoning scheme and management programmes are outlined in the following sections: 1. Zoning Scheme The Pardamat Conservation Area's zoning scheme seeks to support the regulation and promotion of allowable uses across the area and to reconcile different types and intensity of use in different parts of the Conservation Area. To achieve this Parclamat Conservation Area has been divided into three zones (Wildlife Conservation Area Zone; Livestock enterprise zone; and human settlement zone). 2. Management Programmes The Plan has five broad management programmes (Wildlife and Habitat; Land Use, CUlture and Livelihood; Tourism; Livestock Grazing and Management; and SeCurity, Operations and Infrastructure). Each -management programme contains management objectives that set out the future desired state that the Plan implementers aim to achieve, and a set of specific management actions to achieve these objectives. 2.1 Wildlife and Habitat Programme The plan aims to address the challenges facing wildlife and habitats through implementation of the following action (add content on description) - 2.2 Land Use, Culture and Livelihoods Programme The plan aims to address the challenges facing community, ethnicity and culture,- land area, ' ownership and land tenure, settlements, livelihood, institutions, health, education and community outreach through implementation of the following actions• :..(add content oridescription) 2.3 Tourism Programme The plan aims to address the challenges facing tourism through implementation of the following key action. :..(add content on description) 2.4 Livestock Grazing and Management Programme The plan aims to address the challenges facing cattle enterprise and management, and livestock grazing through implementation of the following actions: :..(add content on description) 2.5 Security, Operations and Infrastructure programme The plan aims to address the problems facing rangers, staff training, partners and equipment through implementation of the following actions: :..(add content on description) The Plan including the background information on the plan and facts upon which the Plan is based is deposited at the offices of the Director General, Kenya Wildlife Service along Langata Road and Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association whose addresses are provided below: The Director-General, Kenya Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 40241-00200, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (254) 020 6000800/6002345, E-mail: kws@kws.go.ke The Chief Executive Officer, Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association, P.O. Box 984-20500, Narok Tel: (254) (0) 715047047 Email: contact@maraconservancies.org NAJIB BALALA, Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife.