Tuesday, 28 July 2020 09:48
Adaptation to climate change through improvement of livestock management practices and managing human-wildlife conflict to reduce depredation in Longido District.
Written by szaarh- Type: Fact Sheet, Country Publication
- Source: Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI)
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- Focal Areas: Biodiversity, Climate Change Mitigation
- Priority Groups: Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth
- Countries: Tanzania
- Region: Africa
Adaptation to climate change through improvement of livestock management practices and managing human-wildlife conflict to reduce depredation in Longido District.
Results achieved:
Project managed to build capacity of local communities to adapt to climate change impacts. This was achieved through reducing vulnerability of local communities to climate change by improving livestock management practices through construction of new bomas that reduce the cutting of trees for boma construction and prevent livestock depredation by large carnivores.
A total of 31 bomas were constructed with the capacity of holding 200 livestock per boma. This provided protection to 6,200 livestock and benefited 930 people in 31 households.
Scale Up Actions:
• Construction of 100 bomas that can provide protection to 20,000 livestock. This will benefit 3,000 people in 100 households.
• Unspecified number of wildlife particularly lion will be saved from retaliatory killings by Masai due to attacks to their livestock.