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Putting CBT in a Strategic Context: Development, Conservation, and Investment

Putting CBT in a Strategic Context: Development, Conservation, and Investment. TNRF/KTF Community-based Tourism Info-Fair Fred Nelson. Tourism’ Triple Bottom Line. Community- based Tourism. Investment. Conservation. Poverty Reduction. THEMATIC PICTURE.

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Putting CBT in a Strategic Context: Development, Conservation, and Investment

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  1. Putting CBT in a Strategic Context: Development, Conservation, and Investment TNRF/KTF Community-based Tourism Info-Fair Fred Nelson

  2. Tourism’ Triple Bottom Line Community- based Tourism Investment Conservation Poverty Reduction

  3. THEMATIC PICTURE Growth without Poverty Reduction? The Macro-economic picture • Per capita GDP Growth upwards of 7% in recent years • MKUKUTA calls for 6-8% annually • But limited impact on rural poverty • MKUKUTA: ‘Need for much stronger macro-micro linkages’ Source: 2003 Tanzania Poverty and Human Development Report Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook

  4. THEMATIC PICTURE Tourism: More and Better Growth Tanzania Tourism Arrivals and Receipts, 1995-2004 • Tourism is a major ‘growth engine’ nationally • Goal is to keep growing: • official target of 1 million visitors by 2010 • Objective is also to broaden the benefits- ‘macro-micro linkages’ Data: Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

  5. THEMATIC PICTURE Tourism and National Parks • Tourism growth 1990-present relatively concentrated • National Parks: • Northern Circuit • Southern Circuit • New growth opportunities increasingly limited inside parks in core circuits

  6. THEMATIC PICTURE CBT and Conservation • Park dependent on land outside its boundaries for sustainable wildlife conservation • If wildlife is not valuable to local landholders, it is likely to disappear The Case of Tarangire Source: Tarangire Elephant Project

  7. CBT and Conservation 135,000 acres set aside by Lolkisale village • CBT is the longest-running model in Tanzania for voluntary local land use decisions supporting wildlife conservation and protected area management • CBT has a major strategic importance in the context of national conservation policy Source: Tarangire Elephant Project

  8. THEMATIC PICTURE CBT- Conservation and Development The Case of Ololosokwan Village Source: Nelson and Ole Makko (2005), Turning Natural Resources into Assets

  9. CBT: The Triple Bottom Line • Tourism sector growth needs to diversify and be able to expand its products outside core areas • Communities need alternative sources of income in rural areas • Wildlife depends on village lands

  10. Looking Ahead… • Can Tourism’s Growth be Community-based? • Legal and Institutional Barriers • Informational Barriers • Cultural and Communication Barriers • Ultimately, Growth Must be Community-based

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