 Perspective Chapter: A Perspective on the Resettlement of Maasai Communities from the Ngorongoro Landscape in TanzaniaFranco P. Mbise A chapter in New Insights Into Protected Area Management and Conservation Biology from IntechOpen Abstract: Tanzania is endowed with an abundance of natural resources, and the country has set aside more than 30% of its land for conservation. The Ngorongoro district is where both the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) and the Loliondo Game Controlled Area (LGCA) are located. Sometimes, it is confusing when talking about Ngorongoro as a region and the NCA as a conservation area. The NCA is an example of a diverse landscape in which humans (the Maasai tribe) and their livestock coexist with wildlife, but crop farming is prohibited. According to current projections, the Maasai population at NCA is approximately 120,000 people. And there are approximately 45,200 livestock. The increase in people is proportional to the increase in livestock, as the Maasai who live in the Ngorongoro landscape rely solely on animal husbandry as their main source of income. In the NCA, human and livestock population growth have a significant impact on wildlife and their habitat. To alleviate the pressure on the landscape, the Tanzanian government took the initiative to seek Maasai willing to relocate to another area, in this case, Handeni district in Tanga region. Keywords: landscape conservation; Maasai; quality of life; resettlement; Tanzania (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ito:pchaps:285895 DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.108633 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from IntechOpen |
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