An Exploration of Factors Influencing Wild Animals Poaching in Ruvuma Region Tanzania

Nilahi,, Jerome Metody (2019) An Exploration of Factors Influencing Wild Animals Poaching in Ruvuma Region Tanzania. ["eprint_fieldopt_thesis_type_phd" not defined] thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The general objective of this study was to explore factors influencing wild animals’ poaching in Ruvuma Region Tanzania. The study adapted the Theory of Planed Behaviour (TPB) in exploring the influence of individual attitudes, social factors and facilitating conditions on intentional wild animals’ poaching. Moreover, the study adopted the pragmatic approach whereby qualitative influenced data collection using case studies while developing an in-depth interview of factors influencing wild animals’ poaching. Field observation methods were also employed. To validate case study and field observation, quantitative method was also employed using self-administered questionnaires from a sample of 283 Game Wardens and Village Game Scouts. Qualitative data were thematically analysed using NVivo 10 software whereas quantitative data were analysed by correlation and multiple regressions techniques. The findings of the study indicated that individual attitudes (AT) and social environment (SO) have positive and significant influence on intentional poaching of wild animals in Ruvuma Region, while facilitating conditional (FA) was found to be with insignificant influences on intentional wild animals poaching. The study concludes that individual attitudes and social environment influence the intentional wild animals’ poaching in Ruvuma Region. The study recommends the improvement of existing wild animals’ poaching mitigation measures by addressing individual attitude and social environment in anti-poaching activities. Factors that hinder making FA to perform poorly in the model should be traced and be adopted to enhance wild animals’ poaching mitigation measures in Tanzania.

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