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7.3 Integrating conservation with rural development in National Parks and
Wildlife Reserves.
Notable efforts by the Department
of National Paths and Wildlife in integrating conservation with rural development
include:
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border zone (buffer zone) development
projects in Nyika National Park and Vwaza Wildlife Reserve, where about
30% of the total earnings from eco-tourism, hunting, or sales of wild animals
will be given to rural communities for development purposes;
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allowing local communities, both men and
women, around wildlife protected areas to practice bee keeping inside protected
areas;
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privatizing most of the tourist facilities
to improve efficiency in their management, and to provide employment and
revenue to communities bordering wildlife protected areas;
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allowing border zone (buffer zone) communities
around protected areas to harvest, on a sustainable basis resources, such
as Saturniidae caterpillars, thatch grass and mushrooms. There are plans
to allow the harvesting of medicinal plants.
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