The Story Behind Mikumi: A Name Rooted in HarmonyHave you ever wondered how Mikumi National Park got its name? The story traces back to the Mikumi palm tree, a vital symbol of life and connection for the local communities.This remarkable tree thrives in the stunning savannahs of Mikumi, a landscape rich with diverse wildlife. For...
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Volunteering opportunity
Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact in the world? Do you want to gain hands-on experience in sustainable development while contributing to global change? The weltwärts program, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), offers Tanzanian young adults the unique opportunity to volunteer in Germany through a partnership...
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Addressing Human-Elephant Conflict in the Selous-Niassa Corridor
Monitoring to Mitigate Conflict: A Data-Driven ApproachECOWICE, committed to fostering coexistence between humans and wildlife, has implemented a multi-layered approach to monitor and address these human-elephant conflicts. Through direct field observations and community feedback, ECOWICE is documenting the extent of the damage caused by elephants while gaining a clearer understanding of the conflict’s scale.One of...
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Environmental Education
ECOWICE Inspires Future Environmental Leaders Through Hands-On EducationIn Tanzania's Mikumi and Selous-Niassa regions, ECOWICE is sowing the seeds of environmental stewardship, ensuring that the next generation is equipped to lead conservation efforts. Through an innovative approach that integrates environmental education into the Tanzanian primary school curriculum, students are gaining a deeper understanding of the natural...
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Establishment of beehive fence for crop protection
As a result of living close to national park, farmers experience challenge of losing their crops from elephants. When elephants move from one park to another, they pass through farms and eat crops, something that affect income and food security of the community.ECOWICE is working with the Village natural resource committee and farmers group to...
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ECOWICE supported farmers with sesame seeds
Sesame is now the highly dependable crop for farmers who face challenges from elephants. Since elephants don't eat sesame, farmers are now changing from growing elephant preferred crops to growing sesame. ECOWICE started by supporting 60 farmers by the year 2021 and now hundreds of farmers are turning into growing sesame, " I like growing...
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Establishment of Village Natural Resource Committee.
37.7% (33,428,000ha)of Tanzania land is forested where the forest ownership and management lies on state. Local community normally find themselves being excluded from earning forest benefits which in most cases drive them to utilize the forest illegally.With limited manpower and equipments, the government cannot manage to protect all forested areas and hence there is a...
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Human-wildlife coexistence project along Nyerere national park
Human-wildlife coexistence project along Nyerere national parkWe are thrilled to start another project in Mbarang'andu Wildlife management Area along Nyerere National Park in Southern Tanzania.With the funding support from the Bio-Bridge Initiative, the project will address the critical issue of human-wildlife conflict and present innovative solutions that promote harmonious coexistence. The project is expected to...
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Community needs assessment
In order to understand the challenges facing the community and wildlife, ECOWICE conduct a survey to both community and wildlife migratory area to a village adjacent to Mikumi national park.This activity is contributes to long term monitoring and conservation of wildlife migratory areas and corridors of Mikumi national park
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JOIN US ON RESTORATION WEEK-MAKE A DIFFERENCE
ECOWICE is proud to announce its participation in Make aDifference Week — an annual week of global restorative action led by the Society forEcological Restoration where individuals and organizations fromaround the world host and participate in local volunteer events during the week of June4-11, 2022.As part of Make A DifferenceWeek, we are hosting an activity...