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WMAs: Poor land use economics but good entrepreneurship incubators?

November 2011

Introduction

The Honeyguide Foundation is a non-profit, non governmental organization that supports communities and environmental conservation in Tanzania, making use of tourism as a sustainable source of income. The Foundation’s focus areas are the following:

• Improved and transparent community

governance

• Poverty alleviation
• Sustainable management of natural and socio-

economic resources.

Tourism- is it the ideal partner? What other income generating

• ptions are there?

Benefits, who and how?

Tourism- is it the ideal partner?

The Honeyguide Foundation is a non-profit, non governmental organization that supports communities and environmental conservation in Tanzania, making use of tourism as a sustainable source of income. The Foundation’s focus areas are the following:

• Improved and transparent community

governance

• Poverty alleviation
• Sustainable management of natural and socio-

economic resources.

Why is eco-tourism a natural partner for communities?

• Talk of the day
• Sustainable business model
• Local people benefit more- trickle down effect
• Add value to tourism product-Eco journey
• Generates income and employment
• Non-consumptive (for photographic)
• Participatory

Partnerships

High end or low end

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 US $ % international arrivals market share tourism economy share in GDP international tourism receipts by visitor

Setting the right environment

• Tourism development support (marketing,

infrastructure etc).

• Innovation during planning-encourage low end

tourism product in areas/zones of low value

• Focus on high end in high value areas with

caveat to employ local communities

• External evaluating services for responsible

tourism- such as RTTZ, STEP etc.

Can tourism provide?

The Honeyguide Foundation is a non-profit, non governmental organization that supports communities and environmental conservation in Tanzania, making use of tourism as a sustainable source of income. The Foundation’s focus areas are the following:

• Improved and transparent community

governance

• Poverty alleviation
• Sustainable management of natural and socio-

economic resources. Tourism provides the funds to make conservation a viable business venture for communities to engage in.

• Loliondo [eastern Serengeti] in 2007 exceeded

$400,000

• Simanjiro, [east Tarangire] earned $20,000 in 2007
• Sayari camp (northern Serengeti) in 2005 employed

in 40% employees locally and 90% ( approx 40 staff) in 2007

• Grumeti reserves purchased vegetable and salads

locally approx $30,000 per month

Fickle Flow

100 200 300 400 500 600 January February March April May june July august september

• ctober

november december

Are there negative impacts?

The Honeyguide Foundation is a non-profit, non governmental organization that supports communities and environmental conservation in Tanzania, making use of tourism as a sustainable source of income. The Foundation’s focus areas are the following:

• Improved and transparent community

governance

• Poverty alleviation
• Sustainable management of natural and socio-

economic resources. Without an intelligent business approach, cultures and ecosystems can suffer:

• Culture
• Immigration
• Expectations
• Wealth
• Politics
• Ecosystems

Perfect partnership

1 4 3 2

Community development Conserving ecosystems Tourism- business

1- Lack economic

income from tourism- little incentive for communities.

2- No consideration for

conservation, wildlife populations and habitat unsustainable.

3- community not

• nboard, no buy in to

conserve ecosystem.

4- Harmonious

balance.

Unbalanced partnership

Community development Conserving ecosystems Tourism- business

Tourism becomes the threat to conservation. Can have a negative effect on the communities. Needs to be managed well.

Incentive to Conserve

Tourism $ improve local economy and jobs improved livelihoods improved NR management reduced protection costs

Income generating options?

Way of life

• We need to recognise that CBNRM/

WMA’s are often not just “projects” that communities take up, but are very much a way of life, with grounding in history and tradition, even if many may actually be quite recent.

• And we also need to convince and lobby

governments to provide this respect and recognition.

Old is gold?

• Traditional economic activities need to be

improved (change?) to match new environmental conditions- in harmony with conservation

• bjectives (capacity building and research).
• New innovative SME’s are expensive to introduce

and manage and need a min 5 years incubation.

Enduimet Facts

1,281 km2 (twice the size of Arusha N.P.) 20,000 residents 2,800 households 191 cattle/km2 in wet season 191 x 200$ = 38,200 $/km2 38,200$/km2 x 1281 km2 = approx.

49 million US$

Think out the box for a minute..

1% of the value of livestock capital (only cattle) sustained in a wet day in Enduimet would pay for

• ne year of management

Can communities benefit?

WMA’s

NR Management services Social Services (schools etc) Employment Tourism Security

Benefits

Business Opportunity +finance Governance Capacity Building