Making community based environmental impact assessment work: Case study of a Dairy Goat and Root Crop Project in Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesNot CGIAR developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesNot CGIAR international instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSokoine University of Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Albertaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationTanzania Wildlife Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestock and Fishen_US
cg.contributor.donorInternational Development Research Centreen_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.urlhttp://isdsnet.com/ijds-v3n4-14.pdfen_US
cg.issn2168-8662en_US
cg.issue4en_US
cg.journalInternational Journal of Development and Sustainabilityen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL BREEDINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriENVIRONMENTen_US
cg.subject.ilriGOATSen_US
cg.subject.ilriIMPACT ASSESSMENTen_US
cg.subject.ilriSMALL RUMINANTSen_US
cg.volume3en_US
dc.contributor.authorKilemo, D.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKerario, I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorParkins, J.R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNindi, S.J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-16T08:35:47Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-08-16T08:35:47Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/76492en_US
dc.titleMaking community based environmental impact assessment work: Case study of a Dairy Goat and Root Crop Project in Tanzaniaen_US
dcterms.abstractCommunity Based Environmental Assessment (CBEA) is an approach used to collate information in order to identify and analyze the environmental impacts of planned, on-going and completed community development activities. This study was conducted with four villages in the Kongwa and Mvomero Districts of Tanzania where dairy goats and root crops were introduced as project interventions. The study addressed three key research questions. (1) What are key environmental challenges in the project villages? (2) What are the likely environmental impacts from this project? (3) What could be the community-perceived mitigation and enhancement measures for such impacts? Participatory appraisal methods including focus group discussions, participatory village resource mapping, transect walks and pair wise ranking were used in the field research. Research revealed several environmental challenges and depicted a number of environmental impacts (both negative and positive) including shortage of pasture, deforestation, conflicts between farmers and pastoralists and loss of biodiversity. In contrast to conventional regulatory environmental assessments that are required for larger-scale industrial projects in many countries, this study offers experiences from a small-scale development project where environmental impacts are assessed. Such methods could be applied to other small-scale development initiatives where positive or negative environmental impacts can be enhanced or ameliorated.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKilemo, D.K., Kerario, I., Parkins, J.R. and Nindi, S.J. 2014. Making community based environmental impact assessment work: Case study of a Dairy Goat and Root Crop Project in Tanzania. International Journal of Development and Sustainability 3(4):767–783.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 767-783en_US
dcterms.issued2014en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.subjectgoatsen_US
dcterms.subjectdairiesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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