The Influence of Microcredits Initiatives in Eliminating Poaching in Communities Around National Parks and Game Reserves in Tanzania.

Ngoka, Nicodemus (2022) The Influence of Microcredits Initiatives in Eliminating Poaching in Communities Around National Parks and Game Reserves in Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study assessed the influence of microcredit initiatives in eliminating poaching in communities around national parks and game reserves in Tanzania. Explanatory design was used through causal relationship testing between study variables in the process of knowledge generation. Three predictor variables were identified for testing on poaching elimination as the dependent variable including promotion of entrepreneurship, women empowerment and engagement in legitimate activities. Data were collected from community members as beneficiaries of the micro credits from the sample of 100 respondents through structured questionnaire. The collected results were computed in SPSS data sheet to produce statistical tests to present the findings. Descriptive statistics were used to present the results on profile of the respondents. Also, correlation and multiple regression analysis described the relationship between study variables. Findings showed that all three predicting variables tested namely promotion of entrepreneurship, women empowerment and engagement in legitimate activities were found positive with significant effect statistically on poaching elimination (p<0.05). The implication of the results is that poaching elimination through microcredit measures in communities living around national parks and game reserves is influenced with promotion of entrepreneurship, women empowerment and engagement in legitimate activities. Keywords: Microcredits, Poaching, Game Reserve, National Parks.

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