Collaborative approaches to manage human-wildlife conflict in Ruvuma transboundary landscape
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £590,477
WHERE Mozambique, Tanzania
Summary
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is a growing and critical challenge in the transboundary Ruvuma landscape in southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique. HWC causes loss of crops, livestock and property, impacting livelihoods and food security, and sometimes human injury or death. Retaliatory wildlife killings threaten species including elephants and lions. This project adopts WWF’s ‘Safe Systems’ framework, a multi-stakeholder approach that develops holistic solutions to manage HWC. Diversified livelihoods strategies will reduce conflict, improve tolerance for wildlife and work towards coexistence.
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