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Wildlife Management and Village Land Tenure in Northern Tanzania

Reports & Research
January, 2005
Tanzania
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land governance
land policies
land conflicts
natural resources management
environment
This paper explores and analyses contemporary contests over land tenure in
northern Tanzania’s village lands as they relate to wildlife management and land policy
and legislation. It details the nature of the contests and conflicts, including their legal
aspects, and further seeks to diagnose the underlying political economic reasons behind
these endemic conflicts. It concludes by relating these underlying issues to the broader
macroeconomic environment and efforts to improve the security of local land tenure in
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A Study on the Impact of National Policies, Processes on Pastoralism in Tanzania

Reports & Research
January, 2007
Tanzania
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land governance
land policies
natural resources management
environment
Pastoralism has suffered untold abuses in the implementation of national policy and laws before in the incorporation of bills of rights in the constitution. These provisions allowed freedom of association that enable formation of CSOs and NGOs, some of which based their interventions into policies and legal issues that denied pastoralists of the rights to engage into livelihood processes through access to, management of, and benefit from land and resources entailed in them.
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A Review of Land Tenure Policy Implications on Pastoralism in Tanzania

Reports & Research
January, 2009
Tanzania
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land governance
land policies
natural resources management
A review of policies and interventions effecting pastoralists in Tanzania, including consequences on livelihoods, social relations and access to resources including land.
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Emergent or illusory? Community wildlife management in Tanzania.

Issue Paper No. 146

Reports & Research
January, 2007
Tanzania
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land policies
legal empowerment
natural resources management
environment
As with natural resource management reform processes elsewhere in East Africa, Tanzanian CWM has become highly contested terrain, both physically and conceptually. The linear, centrally-led, devolutionary reform processes that were conceptualised by donor and NGO supporters of CWM in the mid-1990s have not materialised. Rather, multi-faceted political and institutional conflicts over the control of valuable land and wildlife resources characterise CWM in Tanzania today.
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Natural Conservationists? Evaluating the Impact of Pastoralist Land Use Practices on Tanzania's Wildlife Economy

Reports & Research
January, 2009
Tanzania
common property
environment
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land policies
land rights
legal empowerment
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
The land management practices of pastoralist Maasai communities have a major bearing on landscapes and wildlife habitats in northern Tanzania. Pastoralists manage lands according to locally devised rules designed to manage and conserve key resources such as pastures and water sources. Dry season grazing reserves are an important part of traditional land management systems in many pastoralist communities, providing a ‘grass bank’ for livestock to consume during the long dry season when forage invariably becomes scarce and domestic animals are stressed for water and nutrients.
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Integrating Pastoralist Livelihoods and Wildlife Conservation?

Options for Land Use and Conflict Resolution in Loliondo Division, Ngorongoro District

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Tanzania
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
landlessness
land rights
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
legal empowerment
natural resources management
environment
This report provides an overview of land use conflicts in Loliondo. According to the Village Land Act No. 5 1999, all land in Loliondo is classified as Village Land. However, there is spatial overlap of Village Lands and a Game Controlled Areas. Prior to 2009 GCAs had not bearing on land use or management; however the 2009 Wildlife Conservation Act prohibits farming and livestock grazing in GCA. This new Act poses a huge problem to pastoral commuinities. An economic summary provides a better understanding of initial revenue that could be generated from Loliondo.
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Pastoralism and Conservation - Who Benefits?

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Eastern Africa
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
landlessness
land rights
common property
rural development
food security
land conflicts
natural resources management
environment
Conservation business is booming in East Africa, but is threatened by major long term wildlife declines. Pastoralist rangelands are among the highest-earning and fastest-growing tourism destinations, but their populations have mean incomes and development indices consistently below national averages. Governments and conservation organisations see green development, often through community-based conservation (CBC), as building sustainable livelihoods and biodiversity conservation in EA rangelands.
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Strenthening Community Based Natural Resources Governance through Local Institutions and Building Capacity of Pastoralist Communities in Garba Tula

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Kenya
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land governance
legal empowerment
natural resources management
environment
A summary of IUCN's work with the Resource Advocacy Project and the communities of Garba Tula, in order to secure rights to resources and improve conservatin practices.
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Governance for Conservatin and Poverty Reduction

An assessment of Natural Resource Governance in Garba Tula, Northern Kenya

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Kenya
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land governance
legal empowerment
capacity development
natural resources management
environment
IUCN’s work in Garba Tula (GT) through this project has now been underway for almost two years, and to date a number of activities have been implemented in the area. This has included: sensitization and awareness raising of local community members; providing support to help strengthen the operations of the Resource Advocacy Programme (RAP – a local NGO working in the Garba Tula area); and supporting work carried out by RAP members to document traditional institutions and strategies for governing natural resources in the Garba Tula area.
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Koija Starbeds Ecolodge: A Case Study of a Conservation Enterprise in Kenya.

AWF Working Paper

Reports & Research
January, 2007
Kenya
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
rural development
land governance
legal empowerment
natural resources management
environment
Conservation enterprises are commercial activities designed to create benefit flows that support a conservation objective. The Koija ‘Starbeds’ Ecolodge was created jointly by a community group, a private sector partner and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to help protect a critical wildlife corridor and habitat along the Ewaso Nyiro River in the Samburu Heartland (www.awf.org). Many conservation enterprises claim success mainly based on their noble intentions,