Status of human wildlife conflicts in villages adjacent to Mpanga/Kipengere game reserve

Mashalla, Allan W.

dc.creator	Mashalla, Allan W.
dc.date	2019-09-03T11:25:05Z
dc.date	2019-09-03T11:25:05Z
dc.date	2013
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T13:14:40Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T13:14:40Z
dc.identifier	Mashalla, A. W. (2013). Status of human wildlife conflicts in villages adjacent to Mpanga/Kipengere game reserve. Dodoma: The University of Dodoma
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1548
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1548
dc.description	Dissertation (MSc Natural Resources Management)
dc.description	Human wildlife conflicts is one of the major threats to wildlife conservation in Tanzania’s wildlife protected areas. The study on status of Human Wildlife Conflicts (HWC) was conducted in three villages adjacent to Mpanga/Kipengere Game Reserve. The objectives of the study were to examine human wildlife conflicts, to assess impacts of human wildlife conflicts on local people’s livelihoods and to identify mechanisms used by local people to mitigate these conflicts. Questionnaires and key informants interviews were used to collect data. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in form of crosstabs, percentages and frequencies of counts. Conflicts varied across villages and were mainly boundary conflicts between villages and Mpanga/Kipengere Game Reserve, crop raiding by wild animals and restriction to use game reserves natural resources due to by land scarcity for socio-economic activities. An analysis of gender conflicts associations varied. Major mitigation measures used currently are day and night crop guarding, digging trenches and informing game reserve Officials. Several mitigation measures are suggested by both local communities, key informants and other experts. These include implementation of compensation schemes for destruction made by wildlife, sharing benefits from wildlife-related activities and boundary demarcation. The study concludes with a series of recommendations and proposing areas for further research.
dc.publisher	The University of Dodoma
dc.subject	Game reserve
dc.subject	Mpanga game reserve
dc.subject	Kipengere game reserve
dc.subject	Wildlife
dc.subject	Human wildlife conflicts
dc.subject	Wildlife conflicts
dc.subject	Wildlife conservation
dc.subject	Protected areas
dc.title	Status of human wildlife conflicts in villages adjacent to Mpanga/Kipengere game reserve
dc.type	Dissertation