CS : Sustainable Management, Tanzania

Question 1

Name of river in Tanzania

Answer 1

Ruaha River

Question 2

type of management technique

Answer 2

integrated water resource management

Question 3

Why was there concern over the Ruaha river?

Answer 3

wasn’t flowing during the dry seasons since 1990s

Question 4

What was the Ruaha not flowing leading to? X3

Answer 4

power shortages

decrease in wetland size

increased conflict/violence over resources

Question 5

What did the management technique do?

Answer 5

brought stakeholders together to decide on longterm needs

Question 6

Players involved in Ruaha management; x6

Answer 6

• ministry of agriculture
• ministry of resources
• electricity supply corporation
• local council
• fishermen
• livestock farmers

Question 7

What was established to be the main cause of the Ruaha river not flowing?

Answer 7

increased consumption by livestock

wetland degradation

Question 8

What was agriculture taking in terms of % of total abstraction?

Answer 8

only 25%

Question 9

Who did the local council want to displace? Why?

Answer 9

Local fishermen

thought they were the cause of degrading wetlands

Question 10

Several local solutions established, including;

Answer 10

• building of water storage facilities to relieve dry-season shortages