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Terrat
Terrat is a ward and village in the Simanjiro district about 80 km from Arusha in Tanzania. The population in the area is Maasai people, Maasai who regularly gather in the village for its market where animals, cloths, kitchen utensils etc. are sold. The buildings in the village are one-storeyed, mostly cement walled with corrugated iron roofs, scattered at the banks of a small river. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a population of 8,586. Conservation Terrat lies in the Simanjiro Plains, an important wet-season grazing area between Tarangire National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro. Expanding crop production has come in conflict with wildlife, leading to government restrictions on cultivation in the plains. Terrat has been at the center of the Simanjiro Conservation Easement, a novel payment for ecosystem services scheme, since 2008. This contractual agreement between the village and a consortium of tourism vendors obligates villagers to forgo agricultural activities in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simanjiro Conservation Easement
The Simanjiro Conservation Easement is a novel payment for ecosystem services scheme in the Simanjiro Plains of Tanzania, an important wet-season grazing area between Tarangire National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro. This contractual agreement between individual villages and a consortium of tourism vendors obligates local residents to forgo agricultural activities in some areas in return for annual cash payments of 5 million Tanzanian shillings (US$3000 or €2300 as of January 2013) per village. It is significant because it is among the first payment for ecosystem services (PES) projects to exclude the involvement of government conservation agencies. Expanding crop production had come in conflict with wildlife for some time, leading the regional government to try to restrict cultivation in the plains. The scheme started with Terrat in 2004 and 2005. The village of Sukuro, Tanzania, Sukuro joined later. Notes References * * * Protected areas of Tanzania Geography of Manyara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |