Position: 1 volunteer GIS trainer

Start date: September 2005 (for 3 months)

Closing application date: 25th August

Position Location: Greater Mara Ecosystem (GME), Kenya

Project background: In response to the continuing threats to wildlife
In 
the GME, Friends of Conservation-Kenya and the Durrell Institute of 
Conservation and Ecology have partnered to develop the Maasai Community

Scout Programme.

The programme aims to empower Maasai communities to monitor and protect

their natural resources and to manage human-wildlife conflict. The 74 
Maasai scouts, who are located across the GME, have three main
activities. 
The first two activities involve daily patrols across the GME to
monitor 
wildlife populations and to monitor their threats. These activities are

critical for understanding the where wildlife is most vulnerable and 
requires greatest protection. The third activity involves working
directly 
with the local communities through community outreach. This provides
the 
scouts with an opportunity to report back to their communities,
updating 
them on their work, such as any problems that they encountered. It also

provides the communities with an opportunity to question the scouts on

various issues ranging from better natural resource management to land

rights. The scout patrol areas are subdivided by 11 group ranches, and
they 
report to one of the 6 Maasai scout coordinators that cover these
areas.

Position Description: Living in the GME, the successful volunteer will
work 
with the 6 scout coordinators in developing their ArcView GIS skills.
This 
will include activities such as inputting wildlife and threat
monitoring 
data, basic spatial analyses, mapping habitat change (with a GPS) and
map 
production for monthly reports. Accommodation and travel within the GME

will be provided and the successful volunteer must provide funds for
their 
flight to Kenya (approx. £400), food (approx. £2-5/day) and visa
(approx. 
£30). The position is available for between 1-3months.

For further details please contact Matthew Linkie ([log in to unmask])
or 
visit the project website at http://www.foc-uk.com/kenya.asp 

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