Realising the promise of Tanzania’s Wildlife Management Areas

Tanzania’s Community Wildlife Management Areas (CWMAs) were intended to benefit both people and wildlife

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 November 2017

• Country: Tanzania
• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Climate and Environment
• Authors: Ecosystems Services for Poverty Alleviation (espa)

Abstract

Tanzania’s Community Wildlife Management Areas (CWMAs) – originally called Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) – were intended to benefit both people and wildlife. However, for their first two decades, CWMAs have been characterised by land conflict, wildlife damage to people and crops, lack of tourism potential and high administration costs among other negative impacts. Can rethinking how CWMAs are run bring about the benefits once promised?

Citation

Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation. Realising the promise of Tanzania’s Wildlife Management Areas. Policy and Practice Briefs, November 2017

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Realising the promise of Tanzania’s Wildlife Management Areas

Published 1 November 2017