ABSTRACT
Resource management organizations in East Africa, such as the range management divisions, game departments and national parks, require large-scale ecological data on which to base utilization and development programmes for extensive tracts of non-urban land. This demand has encouraged the gradual development within East Africa of the ecological monitoring concept — from the beginning when methods were sought to answer simple questions (e.g. How many animals are there?) to the present when complex land-use management questions are being posed.
