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Northern Tanzania, home of world famous national parks such as Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Serengeti, as well as the Ngorongoro conservation area, offer a tightly packed hub of wildlife conservation. This magnificent setting on the Maasai Steppe will be our `learning laboratory?. Expeditions to the national parks will be frequent. This area of Tanzania is extremely scenic and is the center of nature tourism in the East Africa region.
Traditional pastoralism is also practiced here in what has been the home of the Maasai and Iraqw people for centuries. Northern Tanzania is a place where members of local communities interact with wildlife on a daily basis. For these reasons, this area provides an excellent opportunity to examine some of the challenges and opportunities of conservation in Tanzania, including human-wildlife interaction.
Students will be exposed to a rich array of issues related to wildlife management and conservation, and in methods and practices in wildlife field research. Summer sessions are presented by SFS faculty and guests who have years of field experience and grounded knowledge of the area. Field lectures and field trips will comprise a critical component of this summer program.
Students will stay at Moyo Hill Camp, our field station in Tanzania under The SFS Center for Wildlife Management Studies. Students will live in the Manyara area, about a 10 minutes drive from Lake Manyara National Park and a half hour from the famous Ngorongoro National Park. This wonderfully scenic area, world-renowned for its beauty, geography, history, and wildlife, is perched on an escarpment overlooking the Rift valley and the Ngorongoro Hills, with plenty of hiking trails to enjoy.
Getting to Your Program
Students make their own travel arrangements but are given guidelines for arrival dates and times. Students may choose to take the SFS group flight.
Visa
U.S. citizens do not need to obtain a visa in advance of entering Tanzania. They will be issued a ―Pupil`s Pass‖ and a visa upon arrival. The Pupil`s Pass will grant you resident student status during your time with SFS, including reduced rates at game parks and for camping. Non-US citizens should inquire with the Tanzanian embassy as these students may be advised to obtain a tourist visa in advance.
Orientation
Students are required to participate in a pre-departure orientation at UW-Madison as well as an on-site orientation upon arrival in country. The orientations are designed to introduce students to the program and prepare them for living abroad.
Housing
The SFS Center for Wildlife Management Studies operates from two field stations in East Africa, the Kilimanjaro Bush Camp (KBC) in Kenya and the Moyo Hill Camp (MHC) in Tanzania. In 2010, SFS built the Moyo Hill Camp in Tanzania. Located near the Manyara area, MCH is a ten minute drive from Lake Manyara National Park and a half hour from the famous Ngorongoro National Park. This wonderfully scenic area, world-renowned for its beauty, geography, history and wildlife, is perched on an escarpment overlooking the Rift valley and the Ngorongoro Hills, with plenty of hiking trails to enjoy. The Center facilities include a computer room and wireless Internet, bandas with bunk beds as student dorms, a raised gazebo, running path around the perimeter of the site, a vegetable and herb garden, and hot showers.
Excursions and Activities
Learn about social organization, basic taxonomy, and conservation status of charismatic large mammals in African savanna ecosystems; go on game drives in world famous national parks and conservation areas; practice field observation, game counting, and behavioral study techniques of savanna species
Travel on field lectures to study changing land uses among pastoral communities and implications of these to wildlife and environmental conservation
Visit local villages and group ranches to understand local organizational components and community dynamics related to the challenges of rural livelihood and wildlife conservation; develop recommendations and potential solutions to conservation challenges in Tarargire-Lake Manyara ecosystem
Insurance
You will be enrolled in the UW System required health insurance through Cultural Insurance Services International (CISI) and the cost of the insurance coverage is included in program fees.
On-Site Support
SFS Center Director and staff
Handbooks
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SFS Academic Notes (Summer - 2012-13)
SFS Academic Notes (Summer - 2012-13)
SFS Academic Notes (Summer - 2012-13)
Students will be exposed to wildlife management practices and the complex issues involving sustainable wildlife conservation in the Tarangire-Manyara ecosystem of Tanzania. The course combines concepts and principles of ecology, natural resource management, and socio-economics which are central to effective and sustainable wildlife conservation. During the course, students will develop skills to explore the ecology, social organization, and behavior of common African large mammals.
Central to the course is the understanding and evaluation of managed protected areas in the region and students will learn methods to examine the complexities of conserving wildlife in protected areas amidst a rapidly changing socio-economic and political environment. In addition, we will attempt to understand the key constraints to the conservation of wildlife among resource-poor rural populations and identify key aspects of human-wildlife conflicts.
This course may be taken independently or in combination with the Techniques for Wildlife Field Research course (Tanzania) or Public Health and Environment (Kenya) in Summer Session II.
Learn about social organization, basic taxonomy, and conservation status of charismatic large mammals in African savanna ecosystems; go on game drives in world famous national parks and conservation areas; practice field observation, game counting, and behavioral study techniques of savanna species
* Travel on field lectures to study changing land uses among pastoral communities and implications of these to wildlife and environmental conservation
* Visit local villages and group ranches to understand local organizational components and community dynamics related to the challenges of rural livelihood and wildlife conservation; develop recommendations and potential solutions to conservation challenges in Tarargire-Lake Manyara ecosystem
Affiliate Institution(s)
School for Field Studies
Program Web Page(s)
SFS Summer Tanzania Session I
SFS Summer Tanzania Session II
Course Equivalents
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