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2015 Feb 01Strategy for generating income alternative to natural resources for communities bordering Ruvubu National Park
During the development of this strategy, it was revealed that violations are recorded daily by park managers, thus causing its deterioration. These offenses include bushfires, livestock grazing, hunting and trapping animals, hunting and trapping animals, cutting wood, border encroachments and cultural clearings, fishing in the Ruvubu River and ponds, clay extraction, etc. these are due to the multiple socio-economic problems experienced by the local population, namely the galloping demography caused, the infertility of the soils, etc. by erosion and overexploitation of land, in short, this is due to the lack of adequate means of subsistence for riparian populations.
The mitigation of these anthropogenic actions or the use of alternatives to these natural resources is the responsibility of the public authorities through sustainable development projects. In this study, alternative income-generating activities are proposed for local populations that reduce the threats to the park. These include soil conservation activities, community nurseries and afforestations, livestock farming with a short gestation period and high production of organic manure, beekeeping, fish farming, the revitalization of family composts, the rational exploitation of park stubble, the rational exploitation of park stubble, the use of improved stoves and the cultivation of mushrooms.
To ensure the successful execution of this strategy, six priority strategic axes and specific objectives accompanied by a short, medium and long-term action plan have been developed to better implement these alternative activities. These axes are the organizational strengthening of community associations bordering the PNR, the preservation of soils and their fertility, the repopulation of livestock, the supervision of local populations in the cultivation of fruits and vegetables, other alternatives to the natural resources of the park are (fish farming, the cultivation of edible mushrooms, the cultivation of edible mushrooms, improved stoves, centers of artisanal products), the equitable and rational sharing of the benefits of the park with community associations.