In response to the growing national concern about
the long-term viability of the Reserve, the County Councils of
Narok and Trans Mara
together with the Mara Conservancy, which is responsible for
managing the Mara Triangle section of the Reserve, resolved in May
2007 to jointly finance the development of a new MMNR 10-year
management plan to provide a framework to guide the two responsible
county councils in addressing the intensifying pressures the
Reserve is facing, and to ensure that the MMNR continues to play
its vital dual roles in biodiversity conservation and income
generation. The new plan is the first management plan to be
developed for the MMNR in twenty-five years1, over which time the
management issues and conditionsin and around the Reserve have
changed enormously.
The process used to develop the new management
plan as well as the plan’s structure were based on the Kenya
Wildlife Service’s Protected Areas Planning
Framework, or PAPF, which is designed to provide a planning
standard for all of Kenya’s parks and
reserves.
