IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/envman/v52y2013i6d10.1007_s00267-013-0175-9.html

Integrating the Management of Ruaha Landscape of Tanzania with Local Needs and Preferences

Author

Listed:
  • Michel Masozera

    (Widlife Conservation Society - Africa Program)

  • Jon D. Erickson

    (University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources)

  • Deana Clifford

    (Wildlife Investigations Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Game)

  • Peter Coppolillo

    (Working Dogs for Conservation)

  • Harrison G. Sadiki

    (PREDICT Tanzania)

  • Jonna K. Mazet

    (University of California, Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine)

Abstract

Sustainable management of landscapes with multiple competing demands such as the Ruaha Landscape is complex due to the diverse preferences and needs of stakeholder groups involved. This study uses conjoint analysis to assess the preferences of representatives from three stakeholder groups—local communities, district government officials, and non-governmental organizations—toward potential solutions of conservation and development tradeoffs facing local communities in the Ruaha Landscape of Tanzania. Results demonstrate that there is little consensus among stakeholders about the best development strategies for the Ruaha region. This analysis suggests a need for incorporating issues deemed important by these various groups into a development strategy that aims to promote conservation of the Ruaha Landscape and improve the livelihood of local communities.

Suggested Citation

  • Michel Masozera & Jon D. Erickson & Deana Clifford & Peter Coppolillo & Harrison G. Sadiki & Jonna K. Mazet, 2013. "Integrating the Management of Ruaha Landscape of Tanzania with Local Needs and Preferences," Environmental Management, Springer, vol. 52(6), pages 1533-1546, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:52:y:2013:i:6:d:10.1007_s00267-013-0175-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0175-9
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00267-013-0175-9
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s00267-013-0175-9?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:52:y:2013:i:6:d:10.1007_s00267-013-0175-9. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.