Won't You Be My Neighbor? A Look at Community-Based Conservation Strategies Around Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Davis ◽  
Susan Charnley
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Tarangire National Park

scholarly journals Feeding ecology of Walia Ibex Capra walie (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 18132-18140
Author(s):  
D. Ejigu ◽  
A. Bekele ◽  
L. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Ecology ◽  
National Park ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Foraging Ecology ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Dry Seasons ◽  
Time Spent Feeding ◽  
Wet And Dry Seasons

Walia Ibex Capra walie is an endemic and endangered species residing in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.  It has shifted its range within the Park in the last decade, and in this study our main objective was to provide information on their feeding ecology to inform recovery goals.  We used a scan sampling method to collect foraging information during October 2009 to November 2011.  Our observations suggest a diverse diet of more than 28 species of grasses, forbs, and shrubs.  The most commonly used plants were Festuca sp., Lobelia rhynchopetalum, Helichrysum citrispinum, and Helichrysum horridum.  Walia Ibex were active in feeding before and after mid-day, and time spent feeding was the highest compared with other diurnal activities.  The percentage of time spent feeding on major plant species did not differ between wet and dry seasons (p> 0.05).  Walia Ibex, however, tended to spend more time browsing than grazing.  The generalist nature of foraging behaviour in Walia Ibex most likely contributes to complaints from the local people who witness Walia Ibex raiding crops cultivated in and around the Park.  Thus, the contribution of crop raiding to the shifts in the species’ range towards higher altitudes at Sebatminch within Simien Mountains National Park emphasizes the need to consider foraging ecology as community-based conservation efforts are developed to support Walia Ibex in the Park. 

scholarly journals Politics in African Wildlife Conservation: Wildlife Management Areas in Tanzania

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Juan José Del Valle Coello
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Promotional Materials ◽  
Degree Of Control ◽  
Wildlife Management Areas

Starting in the 1980’s, an increasing number of international actors have advocated for a change in wildlife and resource conservation strategies, arguing for practices allowing for greater local management in a model known as “community-based conservation.” Focusing on Tanzania, a country known for its expansive wildlife and game reserves, this investigation examines the adoption and implementation of legislation allowing for locally-administered Wildlife Management Areas (WMA’s). This paper first documents the processes motivating the introduction of WMA legislation in Tanzania, then details the legislation’s contents themselves and attempts to evaluate the social and political results as best it can, using a combination of sources including previously conducted research, promotional materials, and NGO publications.Major aspects of legislation include the following: villages themselves choose to enter into WMA agreements with investors; investors collect the revenue and deliver it to the federal government, which in turn distributes it to villages and wildlife conservation programs; and village residents themselves determine how to allocate the revenue they receive. Results have been mixed; while many villages have benefitted from income received from participation in wildlife management, there have also been instances of coercion into participating, disputes between villages regarding WMA practices, and there has been a general lack of transparency in income collection and distribution. Furthermore, it is unclear to what extent recent legislation has actually given a greater degree of control to local government.

scholarly journals A new park in the Bolivian Gran Chaco – an advance in tropical dry forest conservation and community-based management

Oryx ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Taber ◽  
Gonzalo Navarro ◽  
Miguel Angel Arribas
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Forest Conservation ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Habitat Type ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Gran Chaco ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Management Area

The Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Area was established in September 1995. At 3.44 million hectares it is one of South America's largest protected areas. The tropical dry forest of the Chaco, which this reserve protects, is Bolivia's most threatened major lowland habitat type. With the creation of this reserve the protected-area coverage of the Gran Chaco increased to 4.7 per cent. With at least 69 species of mammals (the Chiroptera have not yet been surveyed), it is one of the richest Neotropical sites for this taxonomic group. The Kaa-Iya park is being administered by the Izoceño-Guaraní Indian organization, the Capitanía del Alto y Bajo Izozog, and puts community-based conservation into practice. Threats to the park include encroachment by colonists, ranchers and farmers; the Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline; and hunting.

scholarly journals Chitral Gol National Park; A paradise or threat for biodiversity conservation and socio-economic conditions of local societies

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
Wang Jun ◽  
◽  
Muhammad Noman ◽  
Sajid Ullah ◽  
Kokab Saba Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
National Park ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Park Area ◽  
Management And Conservation

The current study was conducted to investigate the Chitral Gol National Park, as a bliss or risk for biodiversity safeguarding and socio-economic situations of regional people in the park region. The Chitral Gol National Park indicates a vital part in the improvement of the socio-economic situation and also in the management of the biodiversity in park area. The key aim of the park area is generally to enhance the societies’ link in the park area for its better management and conservation through community-based conservation. For this aim, 160 open ended questionnaires were equally distributed and collected in the park area. Results revealed that the local public much satisfied from the park area. 11 villages openly profited from the park area in case of cash, employments and wood fuel etc. The local public greatly concerned in the management of park area. The ecological profits from park were reported well. The administration maintenance was noble in the park area and show energetic role in the management of plantation, flora cover, fauna species etc. Public education and awareness about park areas via education, workshops, seminars, walk campaign, and local government must take obligatory stages for their safeguard and management. Keywords: Chitral Gol National Park, Local Community, Biodiversity Conservation, Socio-economic Conditions, Protected areas

Park-people conflict resolution in Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal: buying time at high cost?

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Stræde ◽  
Finn Helles
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
National Park ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Chitwan National Park ◽  
The One

The grass cutting programme (GCP) of Royal Chitwan National Park (RCNP) has been very successful in gaining local people's acceptance of RCNP. The GCP is recognized internationally as a model for park-people conflict resolution, but has seemingly become a spent force. The aim of the present study was to assess the extent to which the GCP is a form of ‘community-based conservation’ on the one hand, or ‘nature-based development’ on the other. During the ten days of open access in 1999, almost 50 000 tonnes of biomass were removed from the Park; the total gross economic value of the GCP in 1999 was more than US$ 1 million. Illegal fuelwood was the single most important product extracted from RCNP and accounted for half of the total quantity and economic value of all resources collected. It is argued that the GCP does not, in its present form, comply with the concept of community-based conservation, but is rather an example of nature-based development, where important natural core areas are exploited in the name of development. This study suggests a two-fold approach to reappraise the importance of the GCP in solving park-people conflicts without ignoring nature conservation. Firstly, access should be provided in different areas at different times instead of opening the whole Park at the same time. Secondly, since for the last 10–15 years buffer-zone community forestry has not been able to substitute fuelwood from RCNP, other ways to address local people's energy demand should be considered. It is argued that park-people conflicts in RCNP have not been solved, but only postponed, especially by compromising forest conservation and the possibility of the GCP to supply villagers with essential products in the future.

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