Job multiplier effects and leakages in protected areas in Tanzania: a case study of Mikumi National Park.
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2012
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
The objective of this study was to assess job multiplier effect and leakage in protected areas
(PAs). PAs are currently promoted as a positive tool for poverty reduction and sustainable
livelihood of the local communities. Many people live in the vicinity of these PAs and
denied consumptive access to wildlife resources which they have depended for centuries.
Therefore, in order to ensure the long term survival of our PA’s ecosystem including the
wildlife, there is a need to ensure that the local people benefit through job creation from
these PAs in turn for them to increase their support to the conservation efforts. Data for job
multiplier effects and leakages analysis were collected using questionnaire, focus group
discussions, and direct observations and by use of reports, published and unpublished reports
from different offices. It was reveled that job multiplier for MINAPA was 20%. Job leakage
was very high (83%), leakage was very high due to few accommodation facilities, low
quality food processing and poor social sendees that courses the visitors to seek products and
sendees to other location hence creating jobs to other area far from Mikumi area. It is
recommended that more research to be done in order to get reference and standard for
comparison purposes.
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Job multiplier effects, Poverty reduction, Protected areas (Pas, Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, Wildlife resources