The Current Status of Saadani National Park Saadani National Park

saadani national park map , extent of former village lands gazetted park lands.

in summary, snp boundaries , lands have been officially contested district authorities , no less 6 villages, while @ least 4 adjacent villages engaged in higher level advocacy have park boundaries reassessed. however, of villages, saadani faces greatest challenges on gazetting of large part of coastal territory which, accounts, has been done unilaterally. saadani village largest strip of coastal land.

at present, , after more decade of institutional struggles, saadani village has resisted tanapa’s various approaches take possession of sub-village’s gazetted territory , have consistently demanded land rights restored, , continue reiterate not going give traditional territory amount of compensation money. such community assertions , actions challenge traditional conceptions of economic gain central motivation in park community-conflicts, , suggest rooted spatial-cultural territorial connections essential , perhaps more important people s collective welfare material benefits.

to day, park governance , management approaches have been unable gain support of surrounding villages, traditionally have been conservation minded, addressing poaching , collaboratively sustaining landscape level conservation efforts. of desperately needed combat sevenfold increase in poaching activity being faced park in last 7 years. no less 10 of 17 villages adjacent park have own community-conserved areas, equivalent no less 20% of area identified park lands. despite level of environmental awareness of these adjacent villages , importance of corridors , ecosystem connectivity successful ecological conservation, villages’ conservation efforts have not been linked park efforts @ present represent threat park authorities. park authorities, within villages’ conserved areas more not poaching seen taking place.