Pastoral communities living in Northern Kenya must benefit from ecotourism proceeds as well as avail the area under conservation for grazing cattle all year round, asserts the study. The study found that elephants living outside government protected areas within the Laikipia Samburu region were more than those living within Shaba, Buffalo Springs and Samburu Game Reserves. The unoccupied community pastoral areas had the highest overall levels of poaching during the entire study period, the report observes.