Ms. Lowaeli S. Damalu, MENTOR Fellow from Tanzania, has worked with the Wildlife Division in the Ministry of Natural Resource and Tourism for 17 years. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Conservation Science and Zoology from the University of Dar es Salaam. She has a Diploma and Certificate in Wildlife Management from the College of African Wildlife Management- Mweka.
Through the MENTOR Fellowship Program, Lowaeli looked at bushmeat trade in urban centers i.e. Morogoro Urban and Ifakara (Kilombero District), Tanzania.
Click here to see a Fact sheet of her findings.
Currently, she is working on a Pilot Project implementation on Protein alternative and law enforcement in Serengeti ecosystem. Five villages along Grumeti/Ikorongo Game Reserve identified types of protein alternative projects to be implemented by 2009. The identified projects are: fish, poultry, rabbit and ducks farming.
In law enforcement, she is working to improve game cases handling and prosecution in two courts in Serengeti ecosystem in collaboration with Vincent Opyene (MENTOR Fellow from Uganda).
Hello
The provision of Protein alternatives for bushmeat is ok, but one has to consider the preference of people on bushmeat. I did a survey of bushmeat hunting around the Uluguru Mountains Morogoro and came up with domestication of wild animals as one of the solution. The animals are small mammals. Ms Lowaeli in your survey what was your findings. Now I have a brreding colony and I will start to distribute them to the farmers