Protected Areas in Northern Tanzania: Local Communities, Land Use Change, and Management Challenges (Geotechnologies and the Environment, 22)

Northern Tanzania is an important and diverse ecological and cultural region with many protected lands. This book, Protected Areas in Northern Tanzania, brings to the forefront research on significant issues and developments in conservation and management in national parks and protected lands in northern Tanzania. The book draws attention to issues at the intersection of conservation, tourism, and community livelihood, and several studies use geospatial technologies--Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing data and techniques--to study land use and land cover conversion. With contributions from professors at the Mweka College of African Wildlife Management located at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro and other Tanzanian researchers, the book provides important perspectives of local experts and practitioners. Protected Areas in Northern Tanzania provides a significant contribution in research and technological advancement in the areas of wildlife conservation and protected land management throughout this critical region Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Tanzania: A Microcosm of the World’s Changing Geography for Protected Areas (Jeffrey O. Durrant, Rebecca Formica)....Pages 1-14 Growing Concern for the Conservation of Cavity-Nesting Birds Outside Protected Areas: Can Artificial Nest Boxes Be Effective Conservation Tools? (Hamadi I. Dulle, Saleh S. Seif, Shedrack K. Mungure, Jafari R. Kideghesho)....Pages 15-27 Historical Change in Porter Work on Kilimanjaro (Leslie A. Hadfield)....Pages 29-44 Attitudes of the Local Community Toward Giraffe in Arusha National Park, Tanzania (Obeid Mahenya, Naomi Chacha)....Pages 45-57 Preparing Students for Protected Areas Through Solo and Plain Expedition on the Roof of Africa (Kokel Melubo, Elizabeth Kamili, Rehema A. Shoo)....Pages 59-74 Ecotourism Potential and Challenges at Lake Natron Ramsar Site, Tanzania (Rehema Abeli Shoo)....Pages 75-90 Poachers’ Strategies to Surmount Anti-poaching Efforts in Western Serengeti, Tanzania (Alfan A. Rija, Jafari R. Kideghesho)....Pages 91-112 Community Governance of Wildlife Resources: Implications for Conservation, Livelihood, and Improvement in Democratic Space (Alex W. Kisingo, Jafari R. Kideghesho)....Pages 113-120 Land Cover and Landscape Changes in the Kwakuchinja Wildlife Corridor Adjacent to Road A-104, 2002 to 2017 (Emanuel H. Martin, Perry J. Hardin, Ryan R. Jensen, Rehema A. Shoo, Alex W. Kisingo)....Pages 121-131 Dry Season Wildlife Census in Mkomazi National Park, 2015 (Gideon A. Mseja, Alex W. Kisingo, Emanuel Stephan, Emanuel H. Martin)....Pages 133-143 Using MODIS Yearly Land Cover Data to Study Vegetation Changes in Mkomazi National Park 2001 to 2013 (Emanuel H. Martin, Ryan R. Jensen, Perry J. Hardin, Glory Sumaye, Abel Mtui, Rehema A. Shoo et al.)....Pages 145-155 Conservation of Large Mammals in the Face of Increasing Human Population and Urbanization in Tanzania (Jafari R. Kideghesho, Gideon A. Mseja, Oliver C. Nyakunga, Hamad I. Dulle)....Pages 157-179