The MOSAIC Annual Consortium Meeting in Montpellier marked an important step in turning research into practical, community-focused solutions for shared environmental and health challenges across cross-border regions.

Project MOSAIC has launched community-driven One Health Clubs in Amboseli to strengthen local action on shared human, animal, and environmental health challenges.

This bulletin shows how Amboseli’s wildebeest and zebra migrations have changed over the past half century as subdivision, farming, irrigation, and settlements expanded, pushing dry season concentrations closer to the swamps.

Short rains failed in Oct to Nov 2025 and heavy post-drought stocking pushed pastures from green to red.

The handing back of Amboseli National Park to Kajiado County management on 8th November 2025

Ground monitoring and satellite NDVI show abundant forage across Amboseli after sustained late-2024 to May 2025 rains. Livestock and wildlife body condition has rebounded from the 2023 drought, cattle prices are at record highs, and the outlook for the coming dry season is strong.

Project MOSAIC showcases horizontal learning that brings Maasai herders and scientists together to co-design climate preparedness research. A four day workshop at MMUST shared open science tools like Google Earth Engine, planned short courses for non technical community members, and centered local knowledge in disaster planning.

Introducing Eseriani, a new magazine on well-being through One Health (Biotisho), grounded in Maasai ideas of peace and the links between people, animals, and the environment. Produced under the EU-funded MOSAIC project with ACC and ACP, the first issue highlights work in Amboseli and parallel efforts in the Amazon.

Six decades of ACP mapping reveal a steep decline in fever tree woodlands due to elephant browsing, alongside a shift toward open bush and grasslands across the Amboseli Basin. The bulletin warns that human pressure now rivals rainfall in shaping vegetation patterns and reducing resilience.

Prolonged Oct to Dec 2024 rains and heavy January downpours produced abundant pasture, lifting livestock and wildlife condition, milk yields, and cattle prices. Grazing pressure is low and the short dry season outlook is excellent, though predator attacks near settlements have risen.