Guidebook to Amani - MWUCE
Guidebook to Amani - MWUCE
Guidebook to Amani - MWUCE
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3. Suggest reasons why other people may have different points of view from yours<br />
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4. Explain why an Environmental Impact Assessment for such development<br />
proposals/projects is obliga<strong>to</strong>ry according <strong>to</strong> the new Forestry Act of 2002 in Tanzania.<br />
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5. According <strong>to</strong> 'A Modern Dictionary of Geography' (2001:84), eco-<strong>to</strong>urism is:<br />
‘a form of <strong>to</strong>urism that seeks <strong>to</strong> minimize the environmental impacts of visi<strong>to</strong>r<br />
pressure and the construction of <strong>to</strong>urist infrastructure…an important aspect of<br />
eco<strong>to</strong>urism is that it should be owned and run by local people and the profits<br />
retained in the local area rather than leaking <strong>to</strong> a foreign company.'<br />
Complete table 6 about employment opportunities at <strong>Amani</strong> Nature Reserve and other<br />
questions below <strong>to</strong> assess if they reflect the common features of eco-<strong>to</strong>urism as<br />
summarised above.<br />
Table 6<br />
From <strong>Amani</strong>/East<br />
Usambaras<br />
%<br />
From areas beyond<br />
East Usambaras<br />
%<br />
Number of employees at<br />
<strong>Amani</strong> Rest Houses.<br />
Number of local guides<br />
. What percentage of entrance/ research fees <strong>to</strong> <strong>Amani</strong> Nature Reserve is remitted <strong>to</strong><br />
villages adjacent <strong>to</strong> <strong>Amani</strong> Nature Reserve<br />
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. Name any three items made by villagers of <strong>Amani</strong>/East Usambaras that are being<br />
sold <strong>to</strong> the visi<strong>to</strong>rs at the curio shop inside Sigi Information Centre.<br />
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. Name any five food items from villages surrounding <strong>Amani</strong> Nature Reserve/East<br />
Usambaras that are being served during meals at the restaurants of <strong>Amani</strong> Rest<br />
Houses.<br />
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