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As a strategy to strengthen and sustain operations of WMAs to improve wildlife conservation through increased patrols, addressing human wildlife conflicts, and addressing negative impacts of climate change, TNRF through BMZ climate facility project titled: “Improved protection of key ecosystems and increased climate change resilience of local communities in South East Africa”, is supporting construction of two offices one in Enduimet and the other in Makao WMA. In addition, the two range posts will be constructed in MAKAO while in Enduimet information centre and tourists hostel will be renovated to add into revenue streams for the WMA.

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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.