Indigenous communities’ perceptions reveal threats and management options of wild edible plants in semiarid lands of northwestern Kenya

Table 2 Rank summaries of threat categories in each community unit and across all community units combined (Nasiger, Atala Kamusio, and Lopur) in Turkana County, Kenya

Threat categories	Nasiger		Atala Kamusio		Lopur		All communities
	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Climate change	117	1	111	1	57	8	285	1
Invasive species	88	2	104	2	89	6	281	2
Overstocking/overgrazing	65	3	93	3	102	3	260	3
Selective harvesting/overharvesting	61	4	76	4	110	2	247	4
Fuelwood collection/charcoal burning	43	5	69	5	97	5	209	5
Agricultural expansion	23	9	38	7	130	1	191	6
Uncontrolled fire	40	6	25	9	101	4	166	7
Infrastructural development	31	7	62	6	72	7	165	8
Pests and diseases	30	8	33	8	41	9	104	9
Others	16	10	19	10	17	10	52	10

Each score represents the sum of scores from cards raised by 14 participants in the focus group discussion. For all communities, we summed the scores from each community unit. The rank column indicates the order of the scores

ISSN: 1746-4269