EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR
**EESG** 10/14 – Tourism in Maasai communities: A chance to improve
livelihoods?
Environmental Policy Roundtable
Friday, October 14, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
Ecotourism and community-based tourism are frequently claimed to be
possible remedies for wildlife and natural resource conservation, but
research indicates that implementation and revenue sharing are far
from straightforward. Emmanuel Sulle will be presenting his research
on community-based tourism among Maasai communities in Tanzania in the
context of national policies that have increasingly devolved control
of natural resources to local communities. Among the topics he will
discuss are economic revenues generated from tourism growth, revenue
distribution to village communities and the constraints and conflicts
resulting from attempts to control or access resources.
Emmanuel Sulle is a second-year MPP student at the University of
Maryland, College Park. His research interests include the rational
use of natural resources as a tool for poverty reduction in developing
countries. Sulle has conducted a variety of research projects on
transparency of tourism revenue, community-based conservation,
wildlife management areas, biofuel production, land access and rural
livelihoods in Tanzania. Most recently his research has focused on
whether tourism provides opportunities for improved livelihoods among
Maasai communities as well as assessments of community-based wildlife
conservation in the Tarangire-Manyara Corridor in northern Tanzania.
Sulle earned a BA in Economics from St. Augustine University of
Tanzania (SAUT) in 2008.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!
For more information please contact the EESG Team:
policy.ecolecon@gmail.com
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