Indigenous knowledge and its application to the conservation of Menai bay conservation area in Unguja Island, Zanzibar.
| dc.contributor.author | Omar, Ramla Taub | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-02T06:36:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-06-02T06:36:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study was focused on exploring the existing indigenous knowledge of various biodiversity conservation in Menai Bay Conservation Area (MBCA). The extent and useful indigenous practices in biodiversity conservation in MBCA efforts were investigated and formal and informal traditional institutions for conservation and management of natural resources were investigated. A survey was conducted in 4 villages using structured questionnaires to capture information on household characteristics. In conducting the survey it was originally planned to interview 30 fishermen per village, a number that would have summed to a sample of 120 fishermen in the 4 villages. Participants in this case study were representatives of the community, including the elderly, the youth, local leaders (Shehas) and MBCA Manager. The study was aimed at revealing whether indigenous knowledge is useful for biodiversity conservation and promotes sustainable practices. It examined whether the inherited indigenous knowledge is essential for crafting fishing gears and indigenous practices are consistent with sustainable practices and marine use. Marine knowledge is found to be useful in identifying and locating resources and that sustainable practices ensured continuity of these resources. The findings also revealed formal and informal tradition institutions were useful. However the indigenous knowledge was not documented. Institutions or existing laws for the documentation and dissemination of local indigenous knowledge and practices rarely exist, despite the fact that the collection and dissemination of link is essential for the conservation of the environment and for the preservation of the culture of people associated with sustainable resource management. Although information related to linkage between indigenous knowledge and practices were collected by different Government agencies and NGOs the information was not well documented and disseminated. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Husband | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/20.500.14820/7641 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | |
| dc.subject | Indigenous knowledge | |
| dc.subject | Menai Bay Conservation Area | |
| dc.subject | Biodiversity conservation | |
| dc.subject | Unguja Island | |
| dc.title | Indigenous knowledge and its application to the conservation of Menai bay conservation area in Unguja Island, Zanzibar. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |