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Project Name
Baseline assessment of the Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) Mitigation, a Project of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT) in partnership with GIZ in the Ruvuma Landscape
Funder
German Development Cooperation, GIZ
Grant Amount
TZS 161,100,000
Duration
Start: November, 2023 End: May, 2024
Background
GIZ commissioned Kesho Trust to conduct the baseline assessment of the Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) Mitigation Project in the Ruvuma Landscape: Namtumbo and Tunduru Districts (Ruvuma Region) and Liwale District (Lindi Region).
Objectives and Activities
The assessment was aimed at establishing the baseline data. Specifically; the Kesho Trust was tasked to:
- conduct the organizational capacity assessment (OCA) of the Wildlife Division (WD) of the MNRT and its sub-national institutions and target villages especially on their capacities to implementing the National Human Wildlife Conflict Management Strategy (NHWCMS) 2020-2024 as among the efforts to alleviate HWCs in the country
- conduct the Community situational analysis for Human-Wildlife Conflicts (HWCs) in 30 hotspot villages and 9 control villages of the Districts of Tunduru, Namtumbo and Liwale.
The Kesho Trust compiled and presented four (4) reports to GIZ and MNRT, namely:
- Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA) Report
- Organizational Capacity Development Plan
- Socio-economic Analysis Report
- Human-Wildlife Conflicts (HWC) Situational Analysis Report