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Bees, farmers, tourists and hunters: conflict dynamics around Western Tanzania protected areas

Hausser, Yves ; Weber, Helene ; Meyer, Britta

In: Biodiversity and Conservation, 2009, vol. 18, no. 10, p. 2679-2703

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    Titre
    • Bees, farmers, tourists and hunters: conflict dynamics around Western Tanzania protected areas
    Auteur
    • Hausser, Yves. Natural Resource Management Department, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, 150 route de Presinge, 1254, Lullier, Jussy, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Weber, Helene. Natural Resource Management Department, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, 150 route de Presinge, 1254, Lullier, Jussy, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Meyer, Britta. Tanzanian NGO "Friends of Katavi”, Munich, Germany
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Biodiversity and Conservation, 2009, vol. 18, no. 10, p. 2679-2703. Springer Netherlands
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:321132
    Summary
    Following important donor funding in Tanzania since the 1990s to support community based natural resource management, several cooperation agencies have implemented projects aiming at developing innovative conservation strategies combining protected and sustainable use areas. Based on data gathered in the Katavi Rukwa Lukwati and Ugalla core areas of Western Tanzania, this paper compares and analyses how projects developed their strategy and objectives to address conflicts between local population and conservation agents, and how this led to changes in conservation practices. The projects managed to achieve their objectives in conservation and poverty reduction at various degrees. Enhanced conflict resolution capacity involving private stakeholders, conservation agents and local communities, as well as improved collaboration between projects, helped to solve part of the conflicts. This was the case with the negotiation of rights of access for beekeepers to Rukwa game reserve. However, enduring sector based approaches continue to hinder opportunities for developing multiple use approaches. Contrasted results of the projects can be explained by factors inherent to projects' planning and management, but also by factors that are beyond projects' influence such as the historical and contemporary context in terms of governance of natural resources and more globally, of power relationships between the state, private organisations and the communities