Recent Events
May 17, 2011 - Gilbert Kajuna, USAID Tanzania
Community Based Natural Resources Management: Establishment of Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in Tanzania
Gilbert Kajuna, USAID/Tanzania
Tanzania, one of Africa's most bio-diverse countries, has set aside over 28% of her land under various regimes of protected areas in order to conserve her globally unique base of wildlife and natural resources. However, wildlife migrations outside these protected areas continue to cause severe conflicts with with the growing rural populations and their associated human development activities. Hence the need for the new integrated approaches in community based conservation to address these evolving challenges. Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) have emerged as Tanzania's best hope for mitigating the decline of wildlife outside the protected areasdue to human settlements, poaching and overall land degradation. This presentation makes a brief review of the challenges and prospects along the journey of establishing WMAs in Tanzania, and also draw some lessons for for making WMAs economically viable wildlife conservation enterprises.
ABCG Thematic Meeting
On 7 May 2007, the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) and FRAME held a meeting on "Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM): Impacts and Lessons Learned" at WWF in Washington, DC. The objectives were to:
- Explore the impacts of CBNRM on poverty, policies, economics, health and biodiversity;
- Hear about recent assessments of CBNRM activities in Southern Africa; and
- Share experiences and lessons learned.
Meeting agenda:
Welcome and Introductions by Graeme Patterson, Wildlife Conservation Society
Community Based Natural Resource Management: Impacts and Lessons Learned from Southern Africa by Bob Winterbottom, International Resources Group/FRAME and Mike McGahuey, USAID
Namibia National CBNRM Programme by Raymond Peters, LIFE
Establishing Wildlife Management Areas: Impacts of CBNRM on Biodiversity and Communities in Tanzania by Dr. Sosovele, WWF-Tanzania and University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Outcomes of Zimbabwe's CAMPFIRE Program Post 2000 by Judith Mashinya, WWF
The Wildlife/Livestock/Human Health Interface and Its Relevance to CBNRM in Southern Africa by Steve Osofsky, WCS
Respondents: Peter Balint, George Mason University and Tim Resch, USAID
Open Discussion
Please see the following meeting notes, reference list, participant list, and other meeting materials.
photo credit: Campfire, WWF-Canon / Sandra MBANEFO OBIAGO