A. Species
Scientific name: Panthera pardus
Common name(s): Leopard
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Vulnerable
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Tanzania, United Republic of
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: Tanzania
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2018
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Collection/display and Recreation
Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Recreational
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and Non-local External
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Hunting within quota limits has no discernable impact on national leopard population levels.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Tanzania firmly believes that wildlife conservation cannot be achieved without taking into account the human dimension which is attached to it. Poverty remains the first and foremost cause of poaching in Tanzania and in the rest of Africa, where nearly 50% of the population live on slightly more than one US dollar a day. Tanzania recently improved its policy on community benefits sharing in hunting and photo tourism fees and governance of the wildlife sector by local communities to achieve poverty reduction through legal and sustainable wildlife utilization. Total sports hunting (all species) in Tanzania generates 15-20M USD / yr.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Tanzania takes the view that, community-based initiatives and policies must be given the support they need to deliver incomes to local people through legal, regulated wildlife utilization, incomes that are crucial in alleviating poverty. This support shall include the right for local communities to be consulted as equal partners in wildlife conservation. In general Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are key aspect in fighting poverty through wildlife utilization. If wildlife is seen as an asset and not a nuisance to rural people of Tanzania, they will greatly contribute to its conservation and not to its destruction. The hunting industry in Tanzania employs 1200 staff, with multiplier effects to both rural and urban areas bordering protected areas with hunting.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
The report advocates: 1) The responsibility principle - Responsibility to use resources in an ecologically sustainable, economically efficient and socially just manner; 2) The precautionary principle - The absence of adequate scientific information shall not be used as a reason for postponing or failing to take conservation and management measures; 3) Adaptive management principle - Learning-by-doing; and 4) Participatory principle - The importance of full stakeholder participation in the formulation and implementation of decisions.
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIAMINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND TOURISM.
2018.
Date of record entry: 2023-09-15