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    Human-wildlife conflicts and options for interventions in game controlled areas in Tanzania: a case of Kilombero Game Controlled Area, Morogoro
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2007) Gibson, Amani
    This study examined the human-wildlife conflicts and options for interventions in Kilombero Game Controlled Area (KGCA) and suggested measures towards sustainable resource management of the game controlled area. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methods and questionnaire survey were used to provide information on human-wildlife conflicts, various socio-economic activities and their implications on management of wild m1imals including their habitats. Findings from this study revealed that human activities in the KGCA have significantly contributed to human-wildlife conflicts. Such a situation has resulted into loss of crops, livestock, properties as well as loss of people's negative attitudes and sometimes loss of human lives. Findings further revealed that 59% of human-wildlife conflicts in the KGCA involved farmers and wildlife, while the remaining 41% involved pastoralists and wildlife. Increasing human population and livestock have contributed to expansion of agricultural as well as grazing lands at the expense of wildlife habitats, hence, increased human-wildlife conflicts and decline in wildlife populations in KGCA. As intervention to the conflict situation, farmers have relied on scaring-off the wild animals, using fire for large destructive mammals and dogs for small mammals, particularly primates. To minimize such conflicts, community should be educated and trained in order to build local innovative techniques as well as capacity in human-wildlife conflict resolution. Pa1i of KGCA should be de-gazetted and the remaining part up-graded to Game Reserve status.