Challenges and Opportunities to Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Development Among Tanzanian Rural Communities
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2010
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In more recent years climate change impacts have been obvious around
the globe. This non-contentious reality has resulted in various global
initiatives to reduce climate change impacts. However, differences exist
in opportunities and capacity to adaptation. This paper, descriptive in
nature, draws heavily from literature and also uses 2002 Tanzanian
population and housing census to identify and discuss major challenges
and opportunities to climate change adaptation and sustainable
development in rural areas of Tanzania. Two groups are of focus;
pastoralist herders and smallholder farmers. Analysis indicates that
opportunities to climate change adaptation among rural community
include their knowledge and experience. Challenges are centered on
the pervasive poverty, rapid population increase and high illiteracy
rates. Forces beyond their control including funds and governance
also present definite limits to climate change adaptation. The paper
suggests among others, the effective implementation of two top policies:
education and social security funding.
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Biodiversity, Climate change, Sustainable development, Tanzania
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Dungumaro, E.W. and Hyden, G., 2010. Challenges and opportunities to climate change adaptation and sustainable development among Tanzanian Rural Communities. Sustentabilidade em Debate, 1(2), p.77.