Politics in African Wildlife Conservation: Wildlife Management Areas in Tanzania
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Towards sustainable Wildlife Management Areas in Tanzania
Within the last few years, Tanzania has witnessed mushrooming growth of “wildlife management areas” (WMAs). These are broadly meant to halt (or reduce) loss of wildlife populations, and ensure that local people benefit from their conservation. However, human pressure is rapidly increasing and causing management problems in the WMAs. Some human land-use activities also limit wildlife dispersal, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: IU Journal of Undergraduate Research
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2379-5611
DOI: 10.14434/iujur.v3i1.23366