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Successes, Threats, and Factors Influencing the Performance of a Community-Based Wildlife Management Approach: The Case of Wami Mbiki WMA, Tanzania

In: Wildlife Management - Failures, Successes and Prospects

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  • Sayuni Mariki

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Over three decades, community-based wildlife management (CBWM) has been promoted as a promising option for achieving biodiversity conservation and community development. From the outset, different development partners have facilitated implementation of this process. However, studies on its effectiveness are limited, and the reported outcomes are mixed. In this study, I used qualitative methods (interviews, focus group discussion, informal interviews, direct observations, and secondary data) to assess the performance of the CWBM approach in Tanzania in view of its contribution to sustainable natural resource management and enhanced local livelihoods. The study used the Wami Mbiki Wildlife Management Area (WMA) as a case study. While the CBWM scheme was designed to achieve dual objectives, this study found that the resultant efforts, in this case, were largely unsuccessful following the end of donor support in 2011. The WMA lacks effective anti-poaching patrols, leading to increased illegal activities, such as poaching, overgrazing, tree cutting, and charcoal burning. Although the community-based organization was successfully established as an institution to provide leadership in natural resource management and tourism development, some key actors still lack necessary entrepreneurship and managerial skills, transparency, and good relationships to ensure its success and sustainability.

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  • Sayuni Mariki, 2019. "Successes, Threats, and Factors Influencing the Performance of a Community-Based Wildlife Management Approach: The Case of Wami Mbiki WMA, Tanzania," Chapters, in: Jafari Ramadhani Kideghesho & Alfan Rija (ed.), Wildlife Management - Failures, Successes and Prospects, IntechOpen.
  • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:126238
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.79183
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    1. Lucas Theodori Ntukey & Linus Kasian Munishi & Edward Kohi & Anna Christina Treydte, 2022. "Land Use/Cover Change Reduces Elephant Habitat Suitability in the Wami Mbiki–Saadani Wildlife Corridor, Tanzania," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-20, February.

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    Keywords

    community-based; natural resources management; threats; Wami Mbiki; wildlife management area;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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