Simanjiro Conservation Easement
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| location = Simanjiro District
| nearest_city = Terrat
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| established = 2005
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The Simanjiro Conservation Easement is a novel payment for ecosystem services scheme in the Simanjiro Plains of Tanzania, an important wet-season grazing area between Tarangire National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro. This contractual agreement between individual villages and a consortium of tourism vendors obligates local residents to forgo agricultural activities in some areas in return for annual cash payments of 5 million Tanzanian shillings (US$3000 or €2300 as of January 2013) per village.{{sfn|Bruder|2011}}
It is significant because it is among the first payment for ecosystem services (PES) projects to exclude the involvement of government conservation agencies.{{sfn|Nelson|Foley|Foley|Leposo|2010}}
Expanding crop production had come in conflict with wildlife for some time, leading the regional government to try to restrict cultivation in the plains.{{sfn|Baird|Leslie|McCabe|2009}}
The scheme started with Terrat in 2004 and 2005.{{sfn|Baird|Leslie|McCabe|2009|page=82}} The village of Sukuro joined later.{{sfn|Bruder|2011}}
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References
- {{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1007/s10745-009-9264-z
| issn = 0300-7839
| volume = 37
| issue = 4
| pages = 463–474
| last1 = Baird
| first1 = Timothy D.
|first2=Paul W. |last2=Leslie
|first3=J. Terrence |last3=McCabe
| title = The Effect of Wildlife Conservation on Local Perceptions of Risk and Behavioral Response
| journal = Human Ecology
| date = 2009-08-01
| jstor = 40343988
| hdl = 10919/25866
| s2cid = 154749579
| hdl-access = free
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- {{Cite news
| issn = 0362-4331
| pages = 8
| last = Bruder
| first = Jessica
| title = Into the Bush, With a Lighter Footprint
| work = The New York Times
| accessdate = 2013-01-24
| date = 2011-05-22
| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html
}}
- {{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01393.x
| issn = 0888-8892
| volume = 24
| issue = 1
| pages = 78–85
| last1 = Nelson | first1 = Fred
|last2=Foley |first2=Charles
|last3=Foley |first3=Lara S.
|last4=Leposo |first4=Abraham
|last5=Peterson |first5=Edward Loured David
|last6=Peterson |first6=Mike
|last7=Peterson |first7=Thad
|last8=Sachedina |first8=Hassan
|last9=Williams |first9=Andrew
| title = Payments for Ecosystem Services as a Framework for Community-Based Conservation in Northern Tanzania
| journal = Conservation Biology
| accessdate = 2013-01-24
| date = 2010-02-01
| pmid = 20121844
| s2cid = 40089811
| url = http://www.zeitzfoundation.org/userfiles/PES%20as%20a%20Framework%20for%20CBC%20in%20Northern%20TZ%20Con%20Bio%20v24%281%29.pdf
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Category:Protected areas of Tanzania
Category:Geography of Manyara Region
Category:Protected areas established in 2008
Category:2005 establishments in Tanzania
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