Promoting Cross Border Ecosystem

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PROMOTING CROSS-BORDER

CO-OPERATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OFNATURAL RESOURCES IN SHARED

ECOSYSTEM


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INTRODUCTION

Serengeti- Maasai Mara Ecosystem Dialouge

Greater Pangani Basin

Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor

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PRANAV


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Why transboundary Co-operation?

Restoring ecological integrity and thereby

promoting ecosystem resilience.

Sustainable and equitable use of land andwater recourse in a river basin.

Promoting peace and collaboration amongst

neighboring countries.


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Bene its beyond Boundaries

Creating synergistic tourism opportunities

Promoting socio-economic development in the region

and improving rural livelihood


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Serengeti-Maasai Mara Ecosystem

SMME is one of the largest remaining natural

ecosystem in Africa.

covering approx:25,000 sq.km.

It has a unique concentration of wildebeest andZebras, which freely criss-cross the Tanzania and

Kenyaborder every year.

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Background:

SMME lies on the border of Tanzania and Kenya.

It supports nearly 1.5 million migratory wildebeest and zebraand has the worlds greatest concentration of predators.

SMME is part of the Lake Victoria Basin and three major

rivers - the Mara, Grumeti and Simiyu originate.

It is a life support system for about one million pastoralists andagriculturalists.


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Biodiversityconservation

Conserve and manage a regional ecosystem that benefits

wildlife by facilitating natural ecological processes tofunction with minimal impediment

Develop and secure effective water catchments

Socio-economic

Facilitate a conducive environment for poverty alleviation

Develop shared management and marketing strategies forexpanding the regional tourism industry

Promote non-tourism economic opportunities

Peaceandcooperation

Establish a regional transboundary approach in managing

natural resources, which leads to collaboration between partner states, institutions and civil

societies

Promote sharing of regional resources and skills

Build a partnership between stakeholder


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GREATER PANGANI BASIN

This is a joint initiative of Pangani River Basin Office(Tanzania), & Coast Development Authority (Kenya),

PAMOJA Trust, supported by the GTZ Water Sector Reform

Programme and InWEnt.

Focal areas are Lakes Jipe and Chala and the Umba River.


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Goals-

Regional development with water resource management.

Strategies & programmes to improve degraded land

Conflict mgt over land issue and water dispute resolution

Issues at stake

Decreasing water level in lake Jipe

Decreasing flow into the Nyumba Ya Mangu reservoir and its

national importance for hydro power energy

Declining fishing yields

Seasonal draught

Uncontrolled waste disposable and water pollution


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NECESSARY ACTIONSNECESSARY ACTIONS


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SELOUS-NIASSA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR

The Selous - Niassa wildlife corridor is a landscape linkage between

Africa's largest protected areas.

The Selous Game Reserve of Tanzania, acknowledged as a World

Heritage Site and home to Africa's largest elephant, buffalo, sable

and other wildlife populations The Niassa Game Reserve of Mozambique, well renowned for its

large elephant population.

The corridor covers 8000 km2 of sparsely settled land over a

distance of 160 km

The dimensions of the corridor will allow even the largest herbivore,the African elephant, to migrate between the two largest elephant

ranges of the world, the Selous and Niassa Game Reserves

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CHALLENGES

The Selous-Niassa Wildlife corridor provides a significantbiological link between the two reserves and consequently for

the miombo woodland eco-system, severe threats to its

continued existence, which if left unattended, will block this

important link.

The threats are the uncontrolled and unplanned conversion ofland for agricultural use, development along the major roads,

the unsustainable and illegal use of natural resources including

the high value poaching of ivory across the national

boundaries and uncontrolled fires


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THE PROJECT DETAILS

The Development and Management of the Selous-NiassaWildlife Corridor.

Wildlife Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources andTourism of Tanzania finance by Global Environment Facility(GEF).

German Gesellschaft fr Technische ZusammenarbeitInternational Services (GTZ-IS) is the executing agency.


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OBJE IVES

1. To conserve the Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor by the

establishment of a network of village wildlife management

areas (WMAs) that are sustained, protected, managed and

utilised by the local communities, with the assistance of the

Local Government and Wildlife Division.

2. To benefit the livelihood and security of villagers of

communities with WMAs from wildlife management, and

promote the long-term conservation of the corridor.

3. The overall purpose of the project is the long-termconservation of community, species and genetic biological

diversity of the forest ecosystem within the protected areas of

northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania by developing an

effective wildlife corridor.


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Key lessons learnt

Develop an effective institutional framework that engages all

relevant stake holders

Ensure that joint management of the TBPA achieved

Involve local communities early in the planning process and

sustain participation

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Conclusions

Itis necessaryto proceedin smallincremental steps but with

tangible results withinatwo year time frame

Theinstitutional frameworkandclarification of stakeholder

mandates inthedialogueneeds further attention A long term perspectiveis to buildanegotiation

platform for thedevelopment of regional strategies towards

sustainable management of shared resources andecological

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