Dead planet, living planet

In 1986, the government of Tanzania launched the Shinyanga Soil

Conservation Programme (HASHI) with the aim of restoring se-

verely degraded woodlands in the Shinyanga Region and providing

local villagers access to important natural resources. Under this

programme, the ngitili, a traditional resource management sys-

tem, is being employed as the engine for remediation. Ngitilis are

carefully managed tracts of land, held individually or communally,

that are excluded from grazing during the wet season and then

Use of traditional management – Forest Restoration in the

Shinyanga Region, Tanzania

used for fodder at the peak of the dry season. The ngitili has been

found to represent an easily instituted and highly effective means

of investing villagers in the long-term goals of restoration and con-

servation and ensuring the cooperation of village institutions at all

levels of planning and implementation.

Source: SER, 2010

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