Thank you to PETER SOLONKA ACC LANDSCAPE AND CONSERVATION EDUCATION COORDINATOR
Peter Solonka, the Coordinator for Landscape and Conservation Education at the African Conservation Centre, manages community conservation programs, particularly in the Amboseli Ecosystem. He involves young people in conservation education, women enterprises groups & partners with stakeholders, and promotes sustainable practices. His responsibilities include outreach programs, project oversight, fundraising, grant writing, and partnerships.
Project outputs from the REAL project around the Amboseli area
Mustaphi, C.J.C., Githumbi, E.N., Mutua, J., Muriuki, R.M., Rucina, S.M. and Marchant, R., 2014. Ongoing sedimentological and palaeoecological investigations at Nyabuiyabui wetland, Kiptunga Forest Block, Eastern Mau Forest, Nakuru District, Kenya.
Mustaphi, C.J.C., Githumbi, E.N., Shoemaker, A., Degefa, A.Z., Petek, N., van der Plas, G., Muriuki, R.M., Rucina, S.M. and Marchant, R., 2014. Ongoing sedimentological and palaeoecological investigations at Lielerai Kimana and Ormakau Swamps, Kajiado District, Kenya.
EN Githumbi, C Courtney Mustaphi, R Marchant. 2014. Natural and anthropogenic causes of environmental change in the Amboseli and Mau Forest regions. BIEA 2013-2014 annual report, pp 11-12.
Esther N. Githumbi, Rebecca Kariuki, Colin J. Courtney Mustaphi, Rebecca Muriuki, Stephen M. Rucina, Rob Marchant. 2015. Recent environmental changes in Eastern Mau and Amboseli, Kenya. BIEA 2014-2015 annual report, pp 22.
Courtney Mustaphi, C J, Shoemaker, A.C., Githumbi, E.N., Kariuki, R., Muriuki, R.M., Rucina, S., Marchant, R. 2015. Historical ecology perspectives of changes in Amboseli, Kenya. GLP Newsletter – Newsletter of the Global Land Project, Issue 12, November 2015: pp 26-29. [Link to full issue]
Courtney Mustaphi, CJ, Marchant, R. 2016. A database of radiocarbon dates for palaeoenvironmental research in eastern Africa. Open Quaternary, 2: 3, pp. 1–7.
Shoemaker, A., Ekblom, A., Kariuki, R., Munishi, L., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., Marchant, R., and Lane, P. Poster presented at the Africa, The Cradle of Human Diversity conference, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Githumbi, E.N., 2017. Holocene Environmental and Human Interactions in East Africa. Doctoral dissertation, University of York.
Kariuki R, Willcock S, Marchant R. 2018. Rangeland Livelihood Strategies under Varying Climate Regimes: Model Insights from Southern Kenya. Land 7, 47. doi:10.3390/land7020047
Githumbi, E.N., Courtney Mustaphi, C.J., Yun, K.J., Muiruri, V., Rucina, S.M. and Marchant, R., 2018. Late Holocene wetland transgression and 500 years of vegetation and fire variability in the semi-arid Amboseli landscape, southern Kenya. Ambio, 47(6), pp.682-696.
Shoemaker A. 2018. Pastoral pasts in the Amboseli landscape: An archaeological exploration of the Amboseli ecosystem from the later Holocene to the colonial period. Phd thesis. Uppsala University.
Githumbi, E.N., Kariuki, R., Shoemaker, A., Courtney-Mustaphi, C.J., Chuhilla, M., Richer, S., Lane, P. and Marchant, R., 2018. Pollen, people and place: multidisciplinary perspectives on ecosystem change at Amboseli, Kenya. Frontiers in Earth Science, 5, 113.
Githumbi, E.N., Mustaphi, C.J.C. and Marchant, R., 2021. Sedimentological, palynological and charcoal analyses of the hydric palustrine sediments from the Lielerai-Kimana wetlands, Kajiado, southern Kenya. In Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics (pp. 107-126). CRC Press.
Courtney-Mustaphi CJ, Githumbi EN, Shoemaker A, Kariuki R, Munishi L, Aleman J, Itambu MP, Mes A, Brushworth JP, Bailey-Neale K, Lapellegerie P, Marchant R, Lane PJ. in press Sept2026. Palaeoenvironmental radiocarbon dates for environmental change and land use research across eastern Africa: an updated open access data set. Paleoecology of Africa 36. Data: http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NJLNRJ
Prior outputs by project alumni from the Amboseli area
Rucina, S.M., Muiruri, V.M., Downton, L. and Marchant, R., 2010. Late-holocene savanna dynamics in the Amboseli basin, Kenya. The Holocene, 20(5), pp.667-677.
Marchant, R., Finch, J., Kinyanjui, R., Muiruri, V., Mumbi, C., Platts, P.J. and Rucina, S., 2010. Palaeoenvironmental perspectives for sustainable development in East Africa. Climate of the Past Discussions, 6(3), pp.963-1007.
Marchant, R., 2010. Understanding complexity in savannas: climate, biodiversity and people. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2(1-2), pp.101-108.