The Social and Economic Impacts of Ruaha National Park Expansion

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dc.contributor.authorSirima, Agnes
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-28T09:41:40Z
dc.date.available2018-11-28T09:41:40Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.description.abstractDisplacement of people to allow expansion of protected areas involves removing people from their ancestral land or excluding people from undertaking livelihood activities in their usual areas. The approach perpetuates the human-nature dichotomy, where protected areas are regarded as pristine lands that need to be separated from human activities. Beyond material loss, displaced communities suffer loss of symbolic representation and identity that is attached to the place. The aim of this paper was to assess impacts of Ruaha National Park expansions to the adjoining communities. Five villages were surveyed: Ikoga Mpya, Igomelo, Nyeregete, Mahango and Luhango. All participants were victims of the eviction to expand the park borders. Based on the conceptual analysis, major themes generated were: loss of access to livelihood resources, change in resource ownership, conservation costs, resource use conflict, place identity, and the role of power. Similar to previous studies, results show that local communities suffered both symbolic and material loss as a result of park expansion. Furthermore, it has shown that conflicts related to land use changes have roots within (pastoralist vs. farmers; Sangu vs. Sukuma) as well as from the outside. Hence, to better understand resource access and ownership, a deeper understanding of community characteristics/composition and their local interaction is important. Further, park expansion needs to take into consideration human livelihood need.en_US
dc.identifier.other10.4236/jss.2016.46001
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2674
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpen Journal of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectConservationen_US
dc.subjectDisplacementen_US
dc.subjectRuaha National Parken_US
dc.subjectProtected areaen_US
dc.titleThe Social and Economic Impacts of Ruaha National Park Expansionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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