Resource Use Conflicts and Biodiversity Conservation in Jozani Ecosystem, Zanziba

Resource Use Conflicts and Biodiversity Conservation in Jozani Ecosystem, Zanziba



Zella Adili Y., Juma Said M., Kalumanga Venance E



Resource Conflicts are the major challenge to the responsible
Institutions in the management and conservation of biodiversity in
Zanzibar due to the existence of multiple and interactive reasons that
lead to conflicts. This paper intends to reveal the less known current
status of resource conflicts in the management of biodiversity in Jozani
ecosystem, Zanzibar. The study employed descriptive survey research
design of the causal comparative research design to collect data from
280 respondents which constitute the study population. Descriptive
statistics such as percentages, mean, frequency, standard deviation and
Pearson correlation were used for data analysis. The outcome of the
study showed that there is significant relationship existed between
resource conflicts and the management of biodiversity conservation in
Jozani ecosystem. The study has implications for environmental policy
makers. The study concludes by asserting that unemployment, poverty and
scarcity of environmental resources are the major causes of conflict,
therefore the call is directed to policy makers to strengthen efforts on
resolving conflicts by establishing overall strategies such as
establishment of participatory community-based approaches to natural
resource management, conflict resolution capacity building measures
among the stakeholders, amendment of Laws and expansion of employment to
reduce direct relying on using natural resource assets for livelihood. 



10.22161/ijeab/2.1.59



http://ijeab.com/upload_document/issue_files/59%20IJEAB-FEB-2017-18-Resource%20Use%20Conflicts%20and%20Biodiversity%20Conservation%20in%20Jozani%20Ecosystem,%20Zanziba.pdf



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