Conservation Of Urban Forest In Tanzania: Community Attitudes Towards Njiro Forest, Arusha

Massawe, G. P.; Marealle, Wilfred; Liseki, Stephen David; Camerini, Giuseppe

doi:10.37284/eajfa.1.1.28

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“…The existing collaboration among villages has made it possible for demarcation or recognition of village forest boundaries and for village forest protection. Mgori Forest Reserve in Singida district central Tanzania demonstrates a good example of community collaboration among five villages [39]. The villages include Pohama, Ngimu, Unyampanda, Mughunga and Nduamughanga villages.…”

Section: Community Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A SWOT analysis of community-based forest management policy as a basis for REDD+ in Tanzania

Nzunda¹,

Manyanda²

2023

GSC Adv. Res. Rev.

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In developing countries, the failure of the policing model of forest management whereby the central government protected forest reserves by preventing local communities from using them led to the emergence of the Participatory Forest Management (PFM) policy. In Tanzania, PFM takes two main forms; Joint Forest Management (JFM) in which central government or district council owns the forest and the local people are involved in conservation. Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) policy as the second form whereby community is given the right to own and use the forest in the general land. The paper discusses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the policy of community -based forest management in Tanzania. Among the strengths are the government structures with strong village’s administrative structure, willingness of people to participate in CBFM initiatives, community-village collaboration and ecological sustainability. The fact that the approach is exogenous both in conception and funding, inadequacy of technical knowledge at the community level, inequality in cost and benefit sharing, poor infrastructure and poor governance of revenue accrued from CBFM are seen as weaknesses of CBFM. Opportunities for CBFM include appropriate national policies and international conventions, and the existence of vast forest areas on general land that provide room for the implementation of the CBFM activities. Threats to CBFM include; conflict of interest with the district and higher-level government, poor governance, and human-wildlife conflicts. The paper concludes by suggesting the way forward for tapping the strengths and opportunities of CBFM and addressing its weaknesses and threats.

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Section: Community Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Human-wildlife conflicts is one among issues which pose a huge threat to CBFM development [39]. As forest, condition improves and disturbance declines due to improved protection measures, resulting from CBFM wildlife populations tend to increase and re-colonize from surrounding areas.…”

Section: Human-wildlife Conflictsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A SWOT analysis of community-based forest management policy as a basis for REDD+ in Tanzania

Nzunda¹,

Manyanda²

2023

GSC Adv. Res. Rev.

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“…Conservation strategies and successes reported in past studies highlight the importance of values attached to the subject to be protected (Arnberger & Eder, 2015;Cai et al, 2021;Endreny et al, 2017;Lamhamedi et al, 2021;Levandovska et al, 2020;Massawe et al, 2021;Wajchman-Świtalska et al, 2021) meaning, people protect what they value. The rank for conservation measures and efforts in this study can be attributed to the recognition of the benefits of urban forests outlined in the first theme above.…”

Section: Conservation Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Urban Forest Conservation: Assessing Public Attitudes towards Urban Forests in Nairobi City

Binyanya¹,

Mugwima²,

Karanja³

et al. 2022

CUS

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Nairobi city's rapid development has caused urban tree cover loss despite evidence of demand, and values attached to these forests by the residents. This paper investigated these values through an analysis of the residents' attitudes towards the urban forests. Data on urban forest characteristics, composition, problems, causes, and proposed solutions were collected through open ended questions and attitudinal values using a 7-point Likert psychometric scale questionnaire with 40 attitude statements. The findings on urban forest character, problems, causes, and solutions were ranked in order of popularity while attitudes were subjected to a Relative Importance Index (RII) analysis which ranked them in order of importance. The factor "Trees make the city beautiful" ranked as the most important variable (RII = 0.9457), followed by "Urban forests protect the city against climate change effects" (RII = 0.9228). The variable "Forests in the city should be cleared to provide more land for housing" factor was ranked as the lowest (RII = 0.2069). The study recommends that Nairobi's urban forest conservation strategies recognize and prioritize resident's values through participatory conservation strategies. In addition, adoption of the identified proposals, improvements and suggestions in the order tabulated in this paper will promote forest conservation.

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“…Despite their importance, the aforementioned ecological areas are threatened by the continuing increase in human population (Anderson, 1982, Chapuis et al, 2001Guneralp et al, 2017;Massawe et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

Spatio-temporal Analysis of Changes in Land Use-Land Cover for Conservation Efficacy of Urban Forest Reserve: The Case of Rau Forest Reserve, Tanzania

Massawe

Algouti

Sembosi³

et al. 2022

East Afr. j. for. agrofor.

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Changes in land use and land cover in different places around the globe have a significant impact on ecological structure and functions as well. Analysis of the changes in land use and land cover is useful in management activities, especially forest reserves as it reflects the interaction between adjacent communities and natural resources. Due to the rapid sprawl in urbanisation, there has been a rapid change in the human-land relationship. Rau Forest is situated in Moshi Municipality of Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania. There have been several claims of a decrease in vegetation cover in this important forest reserve, although there is no documentation on such claims. It is on the basis of this background this study was conducted to explore the changes in land use and land cover in the Rau Forest reserve to show the management status of this ecosystem which is also located in an urban area where management activities have been a challenge. The land use and cover (LULC) Spatio-temporal changes in the Rau Forest were classified as Densely Vegetation, Slightly Vegetation, Grassland, Bare land, Built-up, and Waterbodies to evaluate qualitative and quantitative changes in this reserve through the use of GIS techniques and tools over time (1990, 2000 and 2019). Forest encroachment has driven changes in land use and land cover and transformed parts of the Rau Forest reserve into the urban settlement, and grazing lands which has ultimately led to gradual forest degradation. Landsat imageries for the year were used to identify the Spatio-temporal changes in vegetation in the area. This study shows the downward trend for the densely vegetated part of the reserve at the expense of expansion in the built-up area. The results demonstrate the urgent need for strong and more severe regulations concerning the protection of Rau Forest and other urban situated forest reserves against land use and land cover changes for the benefit of the present and future generations.

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Conservation Of Urban Forest In Tanzania: Community Attitudes Towards Njiro Forest, Arusha

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

A SWOT analysis of community-based forest management policy as a basis for REDD+ in Tanzania

A SWOT analysis of community-based forest management policy as a basis for REDD+ in Tanzania

Sustainable Urban Forest Conservation: Assessing Public Attitudes towards Urban Forests in Nairobi City

Spatio-temporal Analysis of Changes in Land Use-Land Cover for Conservation Efficacy of Urban Forest Reserve: The Case of Rau Forest Reserve, Tanzania

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