Reducing IWT through Strengthening Livelihoods and Law Enforcement: Ruaha-Rungwa, Tanzania
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £386,000
WHERE Tanzania
Summary
The Ruaha-Rungwa ecosystem is affected by IWT, especially a recent increase in bushmeat poaching, and human-wildlife conflict. This project will reduce demand for and occurrence of IWT and reduce poverty by diversifying and developing sustainable livelihoods and strengthening household financial resilience, expanding educational outreach, reducing the costs of living with wildlife, and strengthening law enforcement capacity through both tested and novel approaches in two critical zones of the ecosystem (MBOMIPA WMA and Rungwa-Kizigo-Muhesi Game Reserves) and adjacent communities.
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
