My dissertation addresses the overarching question of how protected area managers can
meet the needs/desires of local people and maintain a unique and valuable ecosystem. The …

Protected areas occupy about 27% of Tanzania's land of 945,000 sq km and contribute
17.5% of its GDP. But who benefits from and pays for the cost of conservation? This study …

The pre-colonial traditional societies in Western Serengeti were physically and spiritually
connected to animal species and plants in their surrounding environments. This link …

Over the past three decades, there has been a global paradigm shift in biodiversity
conservation approaches from exclusive protected areas (PAs) towards people-centred …

Abstract Tanzania hosts the Selous Game Reserve–Africa's largest protected area (PA),
attracting many tourists. In the past, the Selous ecosystem and its commonpool resources …

Strict protectionism, resource extraction, protected‐area community outreach, ecotourism, an
integrated conservation and development program, comanagement schemes, and citizen …

Two issues of central importance to conservation are developing an improved
understanding of the relative roles of state protected areas and local institutions and …

Bushmeat hunting is identified as the major threat to wildlife in sub-Saharan Africa. The
trade which includes both rural and urban dwellers is linked to deforestation, and especially …

This thesis is about wildlife conservation and people's livelihoods in Tanzania. Through an
ethnographic study of a protected area known as Ugalla Game Reserve, it looks at the …

This paper seeks to show how the traditional societies in western Serengeti have coexisted
and continue to coexist with wildlife. It also recognizes the relevancy of this coexistence in …