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A “Desert” Restored – Shinyanga, Tanzania

A “Desert” Restored – Shinyanga, Tanzania. What Happened through a Resilience Lens WCC-2012 Workshop 751, 8 th Sept, 14.30 to 16.30 . Edmund Barrow, IUCN. In 1985, then President Julius Nyerere declared Shinyanga to be the “Desert of Tanzania” HASHI was borne. Then – 1985 to approx 1989.

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A “Desert” Restored – Shinyanga, Tanzania

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  1. A “Desert” Restored – Shinyanga, Tanzania What Happened through a Resilience Lens WCC-2012 Workshop 751, 8th Sept, 14.30 to 16.30 Edmund Barrow, IUCN

  2. In 1985, then President Julius Nyerere declared Shinyanga to be the “Desert of Tanzania” • HASHI was borne

  3. Then – 1985 to approx 1989

  4. Ingredients for Potential System Failure in Shinyanga by 1985

  5. Regime Shifts & Restoration in Shinyanga

  6. Fast Forward to about 2004 • Over 300,000 Ha restored in 800+ villages by about approx 2.25 mill. people • Economic value of $14 per person p.m. (1.4 x agriculture) • Diverse uses of forests – risk reduction, markets • Ecosystem values • Carbon sequestration of approx $213 million

  7. Why the success? • People wanted lost goods & services (risk, & resilience) • Enabling Government policy – securing rights & responsibilities • Personalities – PFM in 1980’s, local knowledge & institutions • Gov. & bi-lateral partner (Norway) take long term perspective – for at least 20 years • Time was right! (post Ujamaa)

  8. How it happened? • Local knowledge & institutions • Empowered farmers, women, villages • Sensitive agroforestry research • Long term programmatic approach – allowed work to adapt & evolve • Allowed for short term support & other projects as value added • Implemented existing policy

  9. Restoring Resilience, but Resilience can be Fragile

  10. Learning & Feedback in Shinyanga – a Continuous Process

  11. Lessons • An ongoing story – continued learning • Implement policy – good policy often exists (but ?implemented) • Long term (20+ years) perspective of • Role of personalities, visionaries – taking risks with participatory processes – local knowledge, Institutions • Success, if not protected, can exacerbate tensions, & power struggles • Its as much about empowerment (capacity, rights, benefits) as it is about visible results ($$s, Ha, Biodiversity) – & this takes time & the two linked

  12. It’s a long term empowerment process, still evolving. Resilience needs to be resilient – social, environmental, land use, livelihoods, conservation – all core components of resilience. Asante Sana – Thank You

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