Human Migration, Protected Areas, and Conservation Outreach in Tanzania

• Published in: Conservation biology Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 841 - 850
• Main Authors: SALERNO, JONATHAN D, MULDER, MONIQUE BORGERHOFF, KEFAUVER, SHAWN C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ Blackwell Science, Inc 01.06.2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley Periodicals Inc; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Behavioral sciences; Biodiversity conservation; Biological and medical sciences; community-based conservation; conservación basada en la comunidad; conservation areas; Conservation biology; Conservation of Natural Resources; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Contributed Papers; crecimiento de la población; Demecology; Demography; East Africa; Fertility rates; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Geography; Human Migration; Humans; Information Dissemination; issues and policy; Land productivity; Mathematical models; migrantes rurales; Migration; Models, Theoretical; National parks; outreach; Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking; parques nacionales; Population density; Population Dynamics; population growth; Population growth rate; Protected areas; Rural areas; rural migrants; Tanzania; tropics; vegetation; África Oriental; Tanzania; Sub-Saharan Africa; East Africa; Africa; Human; rural migrants; Population growth; Rural environment; Tropical zone; Migration; Conservation; Protected area; National park; Migratory; community-based conservation; Community; East Africa; Environmental protection; national parks; África Oriental; parques nacionales; crecimiento de la población; migrantes rurales; conservación basada en la comunidad; population growth

A recent discussion debates the extent of human in‐migration around protected areas (PAs) in the tropics. One proposed argument is that rural migrants move to bordering areas to access conservation outreach benefits. A counter proposal maintains that PAs have largely negative effects on local popula...