Support Contribution by Delegation of the European Commission in Tanzania
Building community roles and incentives in ecosystem conservation and management: piloting the ecosystem approach in Africa's Serengeti and North Luangwa
Objectives:
- Key African ecosystems are providing lasting and wide-ranging biodiversity conservation and human livelihood benefits
- Policy and practice that enables local communities to play a central role in ecosystem conservation, sustainable use and management are strenghened through the piloting of the Convention on Biological Diversity's ecosystem approach in two of Africa's outstanding ecosystems
Activities:
- Establish decentralised and cross-sectoral institutional mechanisms for effective collaboration between diverse stakeholders in ecosystem management
- Understand ecosystem structure, function, service and management needs and improve priorities
- Strengthen institutional capacity for management of ecosystem natural resources, especially with regard to local communities
- Develop and strengthen incentives for local communities to be responsible custodians of ecosystem resources
- Establish adaptive management systems based on monitoring of ecosystem health, develop and disseminate lessons learnt
Contract Partner:
Frankfurt Zoological Society
Implementing Partners:
Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) and ZAWA for Zambia
Support Modalities:
- Support via Intermediary Organisations (National or International)
- Project Funding
MKUKUTA Clusters:
This project contributes to achieveing the:
MKUKUTA Cluster (2) Improvement of Quality of Life and Social Well-being
Districts & Regions:
Mara
Serengeti District (In Mara Region)
Shinyanga
Meatu District (In Shinyanga Region)
Arusha
Ngorongoro District (In Arusha Region)
Sector / Areas of Support:
- Natural Resources and Tourism
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| | Payments & Transfers by Delegation of the European Commission in Tanzania
| Payments / Transfers in 2005: | EUR 389,826.00 | | Payments / Transfers in 2006: | EUR 375,000.00 | | Payments / Transfers in 2007: | EUR 375,000.00 | | Payments / Transfers in 2008: | EUR 360,000.00 | | Payments / Transfers in 2009: | EUR 360,000.00 | | Payments / Transfers in 2010: | EUR 210,199.00 |
Total Amount for the Duration of Contract: |
EUR 2,070,025.00 | |
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| | Facts About the Project
Start Date: April 2005
End Date: March 2010
First contract between the Development Partner & the Contract Partner:
No
Project Contact Information:
Alastair Nelson
alastairnelson@fzs.org
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