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Author:  Alphonce Zenus - Program coordinator

Natural resource management plans are essential component among others; avoidance and reduction of natural resource related conflicts. On January, 2021 Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) together with Longido district council officers facilitated the development of Natural Resources Management Plans and community led bylaws at Elerai and Olmolog villages. These villages were purposely selected for their readiness indicated to accept the process and diversity in land uses where both farming and pastoralism are conducted with critical challenges on land managements which needed immediate response. It was also noticed that village governments had no capacity and knowledge on how to well develop their plans for easy implementation and procedures necessary for bylaws making. In Olmolog for example, they had a list of disintegrated activities which were planned in one year, but they lacked knowledge on making sector specific plans.

Through BMZ project, Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) intends to apply part of its budgetary allocation to strategically support operations of both Endumeit and MAKAO WMAs by improving infrastructure which is a key to address the challenges they are facing like human wildlife conflicts, poaching and diminished income flow to sustain the operations of the WMAs in the light of COVID 19 and climate change challenges.

Tanzania Natural Resource Forum through BMZ project aim at using it's budget to buy 800 beehives to be distributed in each WMA and will employ modern technology in bee keeping including procurement of 800 beehives and their accessories its supporting equipment i.e. (Honey harvesting kit, Solar wax extractor, Candle making machine and Honey extractor) to be used as bee hive fences to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts. Enduimet, Makao, Lake Natron and Ikona WMAs have intact woodlands which are rich in blossom, bee keeping and has for many years been a traditional livelihood support activity. However, honey production to a commercial level has been hampered by the traditional approaches employed by communities including use of poor hives and destructive honey harvesting methods such as use of fires which sometimes cause wild fires and destroy the grasslands and vegetation for livestock and wildlife. 

Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) intends to apply part of its budgetary allocation to fund eligible payments under the contract of the BMZ project to supply plastic tanks (per each WMA) in with capacity of 10,000 Litre each to harvest rainwater in Enduimet, and Lake Natron in Longido district, Makao WMA in Meatu District and Ikona WMA in Serengeti District for domestic use to increase the quantity of water for domestic use. It also intend to supply materials for constructing predator proof bomas in Enduimet, Ikona, Makao and Lake Natron WMAs to reduce human-wildlife conflicts caused by wildlife predators on livestock to communities and thus improve community livelihoods.