Sustainable Conservation of Irkwasa and Kitendeni villages environment biodiversity: An Approach for Restoring and Protecting the Kitendeni Wildlife Corridor in West Kilimanjaro Ecosystem
Context:
Kitendeni is among the corridor that has been identified as a major threat to the protected areas viability and sustainability in a block of northern Tanzania wildlife corridors. However, in West Kilimanjaro ecosystem is the only remained corridor that links Kilimanjaro and the other ecosystems after blockage of the former corridors to Tsavo West National Park, Arusha National Park, Meru Forest, Mkomazi Game Reserve. The corridor allows wild animals movement (ibid) to Kilimanjaro National Park and Amboseli National Park in Kenya.
This proposed initiative on sustainable conservation of Irkwasa and Kitendeni villages? environment will restore and protect the Kitendeni wildlife corridor in West Kilimanjaro ecosystem.
About the proponent:
Environment and Energy Tanzania is a non-governmental and non-profitable organization established in 2013 and registered in 2015 under the Companies ACT 2002 made under section 15 with registration number 122620. The organization is engaging in addressing the challenges in environment and energy issues to both downstream and upstream sectors in rural and urban areas.
Project?s primary objective:
The primary objective of the project is to contribute into sustainable conservation of Irkwasa and Kitendeni village environment biodiversity with subsequent improve of the ecosystem function of Kitendeni wildlife corridor and livelihood of the surrounding communities.
Implementation strategies:
? Training 45 villagers of Irkaswa and Kitendeni on sustainable conservation agriculture
? Update information and establish a base for measuring success
? Raise awareness on the significance of the conserved environmental ecosystem (land, forest, wild animals and the corridor) and how to forge a good relationship between park management and local communities.
? Train 45 villagers to educate the local communities on how to coexist and live peacefully with wildlife. Educate livestock keepers on designing and build more secured kraals to discourage potential predators such as lions.
? Support alternative income generating IGAs to selected village members.
? Build the capacity of villagers and village authorities to monitor and regulate all human activities along the corridors
? Establish tree nursery and tree transplanting in village land and villagers farms surrounding Kitendeni wildlife corridor
Kitendeni is among the corridor that has been identified as a major threat to the protected areas viability and sustainability in a block of northern Tanzania wildlife corridors. However, in West Kilimanjaro ecosystem is the only remained corridor that links Kilimanjaro and the other ecosystems after blockage of the former corridors to Tsavo West National Park, Arusha National Park, Meru Forest, Mkomazi Game Reserve. The corridor allows wild animals movement (ibid) to Kilimanjaro National Park and Amboseli National Park in Kenya.
This proposed initiative on sustainable conservation of Irkwasa and Kitendeni villages? environment will restore and protect the Kitendeni wildlife corridor in West Kilimanjaro ecosystem.
About the proponent:
Environment and Energy Tanzania is a non-governmental and non-profitable organization established in 2013 and registered in 2015 under the Companies ACT 2002 made under section 15 with registration number 122620. The organization is engaging in addressing the challenges in environment and energy issues to both downstream and upstream sectors in rural and urban areas.
Project?s primary objective:
The primary objective of the project is to contribute into sustainable conservation of Irkwasa and Kitendeni village environment biodiversity with subsequent improve of the ecosystem function of Kitendeni wildlife corridor and livelihood of the surrounding communities.
Implementation strategies:
? Training 45 villagers of Irkaswa and Kitendeni on sustainable conservation agriculture
? Update information and establish a base for measuring success
? Raise awareness on the significance of the conserved environmental ecosystem (land, forest, wild animals and the corridor) and how to forge a good relationship between park management and local communities.
? Train 45 villagers to educate the local communities on how to coexist and live peacefully with wildlife. Educate livestock keepers on designing and build more secured kraals to discourage potential predators such as lions.
? Support alternative income generating IGAs to selected village members.
? Build the capacity of villagers and village authorities to monitor and regulate all human activities along the corridors
? Establish tree nursery and tree transplanting in village land and villagers farms surrounding Kitendeni wildlife corridor
Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Environment and Energy Tanzania
Country:
Tanzania
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 46,268.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 10,000.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 4,620.00
Project Number:
TAN/SGP/OP7/Y4/STAR/BD/2023/04
Status:
Not active yet
SGP Country office contact
Mr. Faustine Donald Ninga
Email:
Ms. Stella Zaarh
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