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• TITLE: Living Off Wetlands: A Case Study of Mara Bay and Masirori Wetlands, Tanzania

  AUTHORS: David Omolo, Philip Kibet Langat, Richard Koech, Yong Jiang

  KEYWORDS: Wetlands, Wetlands Goods, Wetlands Ecosystem Services, Wetland Marks, Economic Sustenance, Livelihoods

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, Vol.6 No.12, December 6, 2018

  ABSTRACT: This study was undertaken to help highlight the negative impacts of economic activities on wetlands in East Africa with a specific focus on Mara Bay and Masirori wetlands, Tanzania, a region where the local communities still harness wetland resources for economic sustenance. Key economic activities and the negative impacts of the income-generating activities on the wetlands are identified, including the main goods harnessed, level of dependency of the locals to the wetlands, and the level of environmental knowledge of the locals on the wetlands’ ecosystem services. Both qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques viz.: questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, market surveys and spreadsheet analysis were used in this study. The proportion of wetland users involved in papyrus harvesting, food crop cultivation and fishing was 30%, 25% and 24%, respectively while charcoal/firewood and grass for livestock accounted for 12% and 7%, respectively. Significant differences in incomes for charcoal (p