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Institutional and natural resource use dynamics and their implications on sustainable watershed management in the East Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania.
(The Institute of African Studies (AJAS), 2010) Mattee, A.Z.; Mahonge, C.P.I.; Nsenga, J.V.; Nindi, S.; Kayeye H.
Mountain landscapes have been recognized worldwide for their potential to support people’s livelihood and hence they have become areas of high population densities compared to surrounding plains (Hamilton and King 1983). However, unsustainable utilization of mountain ecosystems has led to environmental degradation (Templeton and Scherr 1999). Mountainous regions of East Africa have been facing severe degradation of forests, soils and water resources due to unsustainable anthropogenic utilization (Mashalla 1988). The far reaching effects include impediments to other beneficiaries to meet their needs especially those whose supply depend on mountain landscapes such as supply of safe and clean water, mountain forest products and general balancing of the climate. This phenomenon is common in the Uluguru Mountains. Although these mountains are potential sources of water for downstream areas of Tanzania including Dar es Salaam and Morogoro regions (Heijnen 1970), natural environment in these landscapes has been degraded. Thick forests and woodland that covered the Uluguru Mountains before the intensification of human activities have been degraded by unsustainable anthropogenic utilization such as deforestation, setting bushfires and poor agricultural practices (Rutatora et al. 1996). As a result of these challenges various institutions (formal and governmental) have evolved over time in attempt to govern livelihoods and ecological strategies for mitigating and/or adapting people to cope with undesirable consequences.