IKONA
SOCIETY, TRADITION
COMMUNITY
CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE
IKONA WMA
Located in Serengeti District in Mara region boarders Serengeti National Park in Robanda Village in South and South-east and Grumeti Game Reserves on South and South-west is one of the most successful Community Wildlife Management Area.
Covering five villages namely Robanda, Nyichoka, Nattambiso, Makundusi and Park Nyigoti with a total area of 242.3 square kilometers.
IKONA WMA established in 2003 with the aim of educating and ecouraging local communities to partner with investors and set aside land not overly productive in agriculture or ranching for wildlife conservation, aimed to create buffer zones for added protection of the main national parks and game reserves, but also to spread economic benefits like jobs and tourism related income into villages which have previously been bypassed and ignored.
Covering five villages namely Robanda, Nyichoka, Nattambiso, Makundusi and Park Nyigoti with a total area of 242.3 square kilometers.
IKONA WMA established in 2003 with the aim of educating and ecouraging local communities to partner with investors and set aside land not overly productive in agriculture or ranching for wildlife conservation, aimed to create buffer zones for added protection of the main national parks and game reserves, but also to spread economic benefits like jobs and tourism related income into villages which have previously been bypassed and ignored.
Story
With villages boardering Tanzania's National Park. In 1998 Tanzanian Government starts implementation of CommunityWildlife Management Areas (WMA) which are intervillage associations situated in tracts of village or district land rich in wildlife and other natural resources set aside for community based conservation and management.
Currently there are more 38 Wildlife Management Area - WMAs countrywide at different stages of development
Currently there are more 38 Wildlife Management Area - WMAs countrywide at different stages of development
History
History, Tradition and Culture of the 5 villages that makes IKONA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Makundusi Village located in Natta Ward of Serengeti District Council, Mara region is one of the member village of IKONA Wildlife Management Area.
It is one of the villages near the concession areas operated by Singita Grumeti Reservers Limited (SGR)
Makundusi is among villigaes started after the Arusha Decration of President Julius Kambarage Nyerere in 1967 in which he pointed and form an African Model of Development called Ujamaa ('Familyhood' in Swahili) with the concept that a person becomes a person through the people or community.
Now with the population of about 7,349, in which 3,718 Men and 3,631 Women and an estimate cattle of 12,000, 3,939 Goats and 2,339 Sheeps Makundusi has become the most populated village in IKONA.
It is one of the villages near the concession areas operated by Singita Grumeti Reservers Limited (SGR)
Makundusi is among villigaes started after the Arusha Decration of President Julius Kambarage Nyerere in 1967 in which he pointed and form an African Model of Development called Ujamaa ('Familyhood' in Swahili) with the concept that a person becomes a person through the people or community.
Now with the population of about 7,349, in which 3,718 Men and 3,631 Women and an estimate cattle of 12,000, 3,939 Goats and 2,339 Sheeps Makundusi has become the most populated village in IKONA.
Populated by Waikoma people was established during the formation of Serengeti National Park in 1951. The Ikoma people, a Bantu-speaking tribe of hunters, transition from hunters to farmers.
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